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What are the lyrics to Denmark’s national anthem Der er et yndigt land? Plus what the Danish song words mean in English?
Denmark drew all three of their group games for the first time ever at a EURO
WITH everyone hoping to get involved in Euro 2024 SunSport have been taking a look at the participating countries' national anthems.
Denmark will be hoping to build on a fantastic Euro 2020 campaign which saw them reach the semi-finals, losing 2-1 to England by taking the pitch again for Euro 2024.
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Denmark have made it to successive Euro 2024 knockout stages for the first time following three draws in Group C.
Christian Eriksen has made the scoresheet in the opener against Slovenia.
Denmark go toe to toe with Germany Saturday 29 and Danish fans are hoping they can go all the way to repeat their winning history of Euro 1992.
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What are the lyrics to Denmark's national anthem?
Der er et yndigt land translates to 'There is a lovely country' in English.
The lyrics were written in 1819 by poet Adam Oehlenschläger, and the anthem boasts Denmark's beautiful nature and rich history.
At the World Cup, only the first verse and last lines of the fourth verse were sung, with the last line of each repeated once.
But we thought we'd treat you to the lot for Euro 2024.
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Verse 1
Der er et yndigt land,
det står med brede bøge
nær salten østerstrand
nær salten østerstrand
|Det bugter sig i bakke, dal
,det hedder gamle Danmark
og det er Frejas sal
Verse 2
Der sad i fordums tidde
harniskklædte kæmper,
udhvilede fra strid
udhvilede fra strid
|Så drog de frem til fjenders mén,
nu hvile deres bene
bag højens bautasten
Verse 3
Det land endnu er skønt,
thi blå sig søen bælter,
og løvet står så grønt
og løvet står så grønt
|Og ædle kvinder, skønne mø'r
og mænd og raske svende
bebo de danskes øer
bebo de danskes øer
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How to watch Euro 2024
Both ITV and BBC will be showing matches, with the decision on who is hosting what games already decided for the group stages — you can see a list of the confirmed TV picks of remaining games for each broadcaster below:
All the games will also be available on BBC iPlayer and ITVX respectively.
- 24-Jun Albania v Spain 8pm BBC
- 24-Jun Croatia v Italy 8pm BBC
- 25-Jun Netherland v Austria 5pm BBC
- 25-Jun France v Poland 5pm BBC
- 25-Jun England v Slovenia 8pm ITV
- 25-Jun Denmark v Serbia 8pm ITV
- 26-Jun Slovakia v Romania 5pm BBC
- 26-Jun Ukraine v Belgium 5pm BBC
- 26-Jun Georgia v Portugal 8pm ITV
- 26-Jun Czech Republic v Turkey 8pm ITV
TV for the knockout rounds of the tournament will be announced in due course.
Verse 4
Hil drot og fædreland!
Hil hver en danneborger,
som virker, hvad han kan!
som virker, hvad han kan!
Vort gamle Danmark skal bestå,
så længe bøgen spejler
sin top i bølgen blå
sin top i bølgen blå
What are the lyrics to Denmark's national anthem in English?
Verse 1
There’s a beautiful country
It stands with wide beeches
Near the salty eastern beaches
Near the salty eastern beaches
It bays in the back and valley
It’s called Old Denmark
And it it Freya’s hall
Verse 2
Who sat in former times
The armour dressed fighters
Rested from the fight
Rested from the fight
then went up to the enemies injury
Now resting their legs
Behind the menhir of the hills
Verse 3
The country that’s still great
because blue is the sea that waves
and the foliage is so green
and the foliage is so green
and noble women and beautiful virgins
and men and healthy swains
inhabit the islands of the danish
inhabit the islands of the danish
Verse 4
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Hail king and motherland
Hail any Danish citizen
who gives what he can
who gives what he can
Our old Denmark will endure
as long as the beech-tree mirrors
its treetop in the blue waves
its treetop in the blue waves
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