Originally composed by Jean Sibelius in 1899. Sibelius never meant for his work to be sung but time and time again he was approached by different lyricists and eventually he gave in to adapt his work to song. Many different lyrics were written in the early 1900s but the ones written by Veikko Antero Koskenniemi in 1940 are today the most famous. Joel Rundt translated the song to swedish soon after.
Finlandia-hymni ruotsiksi.
Sorry for the background noises here, I think the birds singing actually fit in quite well :D but hopefully the people talking doesn't ruin this otherwise superb performance.
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• Finlandia
17 ноя 2022