List_of_historical_national_anthems

List of former national anthems

List of former national anthems

List of national anthems formerly used by sovereign states

Below is a list of various national anthems which, at some point in time, were the de jure or de facto anthems of various contemporary or historical states.

List

Sovereign states

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Sovereign states (abolished)

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See also

Notes

  1. [N 1]
    Also known by the title of "Garam shah lā garam shah" (English: "Be ardent, be more ardent").
  2. [N 2]
    Also known by the title of "Qal’a-ye Islam, qalb-e Asiya" (English: "Fortress of Islam, heart of Asia"); its incipit.
  3. [N 3]
    The same tune was used for numerous Austrian and Austro-Hungarian national anthems; only the lyrics changed. Although the official lyrics were in German, versions of the anthems used during the imperial period (until 1918) existed in several other languages from throughout the empire: Croatian, Czech, Hungarian, Italian, Polish and Slovene.[3]
  4. [N 4]
    The same tune was used for numerous Austrian and Austro-Hungarian national anthems; only the lyrics changed. Although the official lyrics were in German, versions of the anthems used during the imperial period existed in several other languages from throughout the empire: Czech, Croatian, Hungarian, Italian, Polish and Slovene.[3]
  5. [N 5]
    The same tune was used for numerous Austrian and Austro-Hungarian national anthems; only the lyrics changed. Although the official lyrics were in German, versions of the anthems used during the imperial period existed in several other languages from throughout the empire: Czech, Croatian, Hungarian, Italian, Polish and Slovene.[3]
  6. [N 6]
    Brazil became a republic in 1888, but retained "Hino Nacional Brasileiro" as its national anthem.
  7. [N 7]
    From 1908 a royal anthem, "Anthem of His Majesty the Tsar",[trans 7] was adopted and played immediately after the anthem whenever the monarch was present.
  8. [N 8]
    Popularly known "ကမ္ဘာမကြေ" (Kaba Ma Kyei), its music was later used as a template for the National Anthem of Burma which is also known as Kaba Ma Kyei.
  9. [N 9]
    "Esta É a Nossa Pátria Bem Amada" was adopted in 1975 by both Cape Verde and Guinea-Bissau on their respective independence from Portugal. Cape Verde introduced a unique anthem in 1996, but it remains the national anthem of Guinea-Bissau.
  10. [N 10]
    Currently used as the national anthem of Taiwan.
  11. [N 11]
    Although it is the first to appear on this list, "Chant du départ" was not the original national anthem of France; "La Marseillaise", the modern national anthem, was originally used from 1795 to 1799. It was readopted in 1870.
  12. [N 12]
    During Germany's Weimar period, all three verses of "Das Lied der Deutschen" were sung, whereas today only the third verse is sung.
  13. [N 13]
    During Germany's Nazi period, only the first verse of "Das Lied der Deutschen" was sung, and followed by "Horst-Wessel-Lied", the SA song written by Horst Wessel.
  14. [N 14]
    Unofficial, de facto. Shares the same tune as the current Micronesian national anthem.
  15. [N 15]
    Although officially all three verses were designated as the West German national anthem, in practice only the third verse was actually performed in public.
  16. [N 16]
    Tune same as that used in the royal anthem and flag anthem of Iran at the time.
  17. [N 17]
    Title also given as "The Royal Salute" (Arabic: السلام الملكي)
  18. [N 18]
    Title in Arabic: والله زمان يا سلاحي
  19. [N 19]
    Not to be confused with the current Iraqi national anthem, which shares the same name.[10]
  20. [N 20]
    De facto, never officially adopted.
  21. [N 21]
    The RSI never indicated a National Anthem. However both were featured at official ceremonies.
  22. [N 22]
    Lyrics same as those used in the current South Korean national anthem.
  23. [N 23]
    The modern national anthem of Kuwait, adopted in 1978, retains "Amiri Salute" in its entirety as an opening fanfare.[14]
  24. [N 24]
    After the founding of the present Lao People's Democratic Republic, "Pheng Xat Lao" had its words, but not its music, changed.
  25. [N 25]
    "Lībīya, Lībīya, Lībīya" was relinquished in 1969, was but re-adopted as the national anthem of Libya after the victory of the National Transitional Council over the Gaddafi regime in 2011, the only difference being the omission of a verse glorifying King Idris.
  26. [N 26]
    Bogurodzica was created somewhere between the 10th and 13th centuries. Adalbert of Prague is believed to be the creator of the Polish hymn by most scholars; he lived between 956 and 997. Bogurodzica was used as the national anthem of the Kingdom of Poland from its creation until 1795 with the end of the Crown of the Kingdom of Poland
  27. [N 27]
    Rhodesia's 1965 Unilateral Declaration of Independence (UDI) went unrecognised by the United Kingdom and the United Nations, both of which continued to consider Rhodesia to be the British colony of Southern Rhodesia. Despite declaring independence, the "de facto" Rhodesian government still maintained loyalty to Elizabeth II and so retained Britain's national anthem, "God Save the Queen", until it declared Rhodesia a republic in 1970. A replacement state anthem was not adopted until 1974, when "Rise, O Voices of Rhodesia" came into use. As its independence was illegal, "God Save the Queen" remained Rhodesia's "de jure" national anthem throughout the UDI period of 1965 to 1979.
  28. [N 28]
    The "Worker's Marseillaise" was briefly used alongside "The Internationale" by the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic from 1917 to 1918.
  29. [N 29]
    Subsequently adopted by the Soviet Union in 1922 and used until 1944; the "Worker's Marseillaise" was briefly used alongside "The Internationale" by Russia from 1917 to 1918.
  30. [N 30]
    Although replaced as national anthem in 1932, "Sansoen Phra Barami" was retained as Siam's (and, following the country's change of name in 1939, Thailand's) royal anthem.
  31. [N 31]
    Served as Somalia's national anthem until 2012, when it was replaced with "Qolobaa Calankeed".
  32. [N 32]
    Was the sole de jure national anthem from 1910 to 1938.[22] From 1938 to 1957, it officially shared co-national anthem status with "Die Stem van Suid-Afrika", upon which the latter became the sole national anthem.[22] It remained the royal anthem until 1961.
  33. [N 33]
    From 1938 to 1957, it served as a co-national anthem with equal status with "God Save the Queen and "God Save the King".[22] It had served as a sort of de facto co-national anthem since the 1920s. From 1957 to 1994, it was the sole national anthem. "The Call of South Africa" and "God Bless Africa" became co-national anthems of South Africa in 1994. The modern South African national anthem, adopted in 1997, uses elements from each as separate segments in a single composition.[23][24]
  34. [N 34]
    "The Call of South Africa" and "God Bless Africa" became co-national anthems of South Africa in 1994. The modern South African national anthem, adopted in 1997, uses elements from each in separate segments.[24]
  35. [N 35]
    Remains the national anthem of Spain, however the lyrics have since been removed and it is now referred to under its title of "Marcha Real".
  36. [N 36]
    Previously, with lyrics, used as the regional anthem of the Soviet Union's Turkmen SSR until 1991.
  37. [N 37]
    "My Country, 'Tis of Thee" is generally considered to have been the "de facto" national anthem of the United States prior to 1931, but not universally. Alternatives included "Hail, Columbia", and the modern anthem, "The Star-Spangled Banner".[27][28]
  38. [N 38]
    The Papal States became part of Italy in 1870, but the anthem was retained as the Vatican City's first anthem until 1950.
  39. [N 39]
    "Ishe Komborera Africa" is a translation of "Nkosi Sikelel' iAfrika" from Xhosa into Shona and Ndebele.
  40. [N 40]
    The same tune was used for numerous Austrian and Austro-Hungarian national anthems; only the lyrics changed. Although the official lyrics were in German, versions of the anthems used during the imperial period existed in several other languages from throughout the empire: Czech, Croatian, Hungarian, Italian, Polish and Slovene.[3]
  41. [N 41]
    The same tune was used for numerous Austrian and Austro-Hungarian national anthems; only the lyrics changed. Although the official lyrics were in German, versions of the anthems used during the imperial period existed in several other languages from throughout the empire: Czech, Croatian, Hungarian, Italian, Polish and Slovene.[3]
  42. [N 42]
    The same tune is used for the current Indian national anthem.
  43. [N 43]
    The anthems of the previously independent German kingdoms and duchies continued to be used as regional anthems until the fall of the German Empire in 1918.
  44. [N 44]
    The Confederate States never adopted an official national anthem. The Civil War Trust firmly states that the "honor rightly belongs to" "God Save the South", the first piece of music published in the Confederacy, "because of its stirring poetry and its outstanding musical setting". Commonly cited alternatives include the popular song "Dixie" and "The Bonnie Blue Flag", a marching song.[32][33]
  45. [N 45]
    Only the first verses of each anthem were sung during the union of the Czech lands with Slovakia.
  46. [N 46]
    The song "Ey Reqîb" is still used as the regional anthem of Iraqi Kurdistan, and as the anthem of the Kurdish people in general.
  47. [N 47]
    Served as Somalia's national anthem until 2012, when it was replaced with "Qolobaa Calankeed".
  48. [N 48]
    The last Ottoman sultan, Mehmed VI, decided not to have a special march for himself, but used the first Ottoman anthem, "Mahmudiye".
  49. [N 49]
    Serbia and Montenegro was called the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia until 4 February 2003.[36]
  50. [N 50]
    The song was originally called "Thanh Niên Hành Khúc" (English: "March of the Youths"); the title and words were altered significantly when it became national anthem, though the music remained the same. Luu Huu Phuoc was still officially credited for both the music and the lyrics.
  51. [N 51]
    It was a medley of "Bože pravde", "Lijepa naša domovino" and "Naprej, zastava slave", used by Serbia, Croatia and Slovenia respectively.
  52. [N 52]
    The same melody was used for the Kazakhstan national anthem in the early years of independence, before it was replaced with the current anthem, "Meniñ Qazaqstanım".
  53. [N 53]
    From 1802 until 1911 the anthem of Macau was "Hymno Patriótico" followed by "Hino da Carta", the same as that of Portugal.
  54. [N 54]
    When Newfoundland joined the Canadian Confederation in 1949, "Ode to Newfoundland" lost its status as a national anthem. The Canadian province of Newfoundland became the first to adopt a provincial anthem in 1980 when the song was readopted.
  55. [N 55]
    "Naprej, zastava slave" is still used by the Slovenian Armed Forces as its official song.
  1. The 2021 Interim Government is still recognized as UN member
  2. Iraq didn't adopt lyrics

Translations and transliterations

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  1. [T 1]
    Pashto: څو چې دا ځمكه اّسمان وي
  2. [T 2]
    Pashto: گرم شه، لا گرم شه
  3. [T 3]
    Persian: سرود ملی
  4. [T 4]
    Belarusian: "Ваяцкі марш"
  5. [T 5]
    Serbo-Croatian: "Једна си једина"
  6. [T 6]
    Bulgarian: "Шуми Марица"
  7. [T 7]
    Bulgarian: "Химн на Негово Величество Царя"; transliterated as "Himn na Negovo Velichestvo Tsarya"
  8. [T 8]
    Bulgarian: "Републико наша, здравей!"
  9. [T 9]
    Bulgarian: "Бъларио мила"
  10. [T 10]
    Burmese: စံရာတောင်ကျွန်းလုံးသူ့
  11. [T 11]
    Burmese: တို့ဗမာသီချင်း
  12. [T 12]
    Khmer: ដំណើរសាធារណរដ្ឋខ្មែរ
  13. [T 13]
    Khmer: ដប់ប្រាំពីរមេសាមហាជោគជ័យ
  14. [T 14]
    Chinese: 李中堂乐
  15. [T 15]
    Chinese: 颂龙旗
  16. [T 16]
    Chinese: 鞏金甌
  17. [T 17]
    Chinese: 中國雄立宇宙間
  18. [T 18]
    Chinese: 卿云歌
  19. [T 19]
    Chinese: 國民革命歌
  20. [T 20]
    Chinese: 中華民國國歌
  21. [T 21]
    Chinese: 国际歌
  22. [T 22]
    Egyptian Arabic: اسلمى يا مصر
  23. [T 23]
    Egyptian Arabic: والله زمان يا سلاحي
  24. [T 24]
    Amharic: ኢትዮጵያ ሆይ ደስ ይበልሽ
  25. [T 25]
    Amharic: ኢትዮጵያ, ኢትዮጵያ, ኢትዮጵያ ቅደሚ
  26. [T 26]
    Georgian: "დიდება"
  27. [T 27]
    Persian: سلام شاه
  28. [T 28]
    Persian: سلامتی دولت علیهٔ ایران
  29. [T 29]
    Persian: سرود ملی
  30. [T 30]
    Persian: ای ایران
  31. [T 31]
    Persian: پاینده بادا ایران
  32. [T 32]
    Iraqi Arabic: أرض الفراتين
  33. [T 33]
    Kazakh: "Қазақстан Республикасының Мемлекеттік Әнұраны"
  34. [T 34]
    Korean: 대한제국 애국가
  35. [T 35]
    Arabic: السلام الأميري
  36. [T 36]
    Lao: ເພງຊາດລາວ
  37. [T 37]
    Libyan Arabic: لیبیا، لیبیا، لیبیا
  38. [T 38]
    Libyan Arabic: الله أكبر
  39. [T 39]
    Arabic: نشيد وطني موريتاني
  40. [T 40]
    Mongolian: ᠵᠠᠭᠤᠨ ᠯᠠᠩ ᠤᠨ ᠵᠢᠷᠤᠭ᠎ᠠ ᠯᠠᠭᠤᠰᠠ (original orthography)
  41. [T 41]
    Mongolian: Монгол Интернационал
  42. [T 42]
    Serbian Cyrillic: "Убавој нам Црној Гори"
  43. [T 43]
    Nepali: श्रीमान गम्भीर
  44. [T 44]
    Urdu: ترانہ پاکستان
  45. [T 45]
    Russian: "Молитва русских"
  46. [T 46]
    Russian: "Боже, Царя храни!"
  47. [T 47]
    Russian: "Рабочая Марсельеза"
  48. [T 48]
    Russian: "Интернационал"
  49. [T 49]
    Russian: "Патриотическая песня"
  50. [T 50]
    Thai: เพลงสรรเสริญพระบารมี
  51. [T 51]
    Tunisian Arabic: سلام الباي
  52. [T 52]
    Tunisian Arabic: ألا خلّدي
  53. [T 53]
    "Ukrainian: Державний гімн Української Радянської Соціалістичної Республіки
  54. [T 54]
    Armenian: "Ազատ ու անկախ Արցախ"
  55. [T 55]
    Chechen: Ӏожалла я маршо
  56. [T 56]
    Greek: "Κρητικός Ύμνος"
  57. [T 57]
    Arabic: "النشيد الوطني لإمارة برقة"
  58. [T 58]
    Uyghur: " قۇرتۇلۇش يولیدا"
  59. [T 59]
    Uzbek:ترکستان مختاریتی‌نینگ مدحیه‌سی
  60. [T 60]
    Russian:Гимн Луганской Народной Республики
  61. [T 61]
    Kurdish: ئەی ڕەقیب
  62. [T 62]
    Chinese: 滿洲國國歌
  63. [T 63]
    Chinese: 滿洲國國歌
  64. [T 64]
    Tamazight: "ⴰⵔⵔⵉⴼ ⵜⴰⵎⵎⵓⵔⵜ ⵏⴰⵖ"
  65. [T 65]
    Arabic: "الريف موطننا"
  66. [T 66]
    Russian: "Государственный гимн СССР"
  67. [T 67]
    Arabic: "سوريا يا ذات المجد"
  68. [T 68]
    Tamil: ஏறுதுபார் கொடி
  69. [T 69]
    Tibetan: "བོད་རྒྱལ་ཁབ་ཆེན་པོའི་རྒྱལ་གླུ།"
  70. [T 70]
    Tuvan: "Тыва Интернационал"
  71. [T 71]
    Tuvan: "Тооруктуг долгай таңдым"
  72. [T 72]
    Arabic: "والله زمان يا سلاحي"
  73. [T 73]
    Arabic: "تحية ملكية"
  74. [T 74]
    Arabic: "ال وطني"
  75. [T 75]
    Arabic: "إرادة أمة"
  76. [T 76]
    Arabic: "الجمهورية المتحدة"
  77. [T 77]
    Armenian: "Հայկական ՍՍՀ օրհներգ"
  78. [T 78]
    Azerbaijani: Азәрбајҹан Совет Сосиалист Республикасынын Һимни (original orthography)
  79. [T 79]
    Belarusian: "Дзяржаўны гімн БССР"
  80. [T 80]
    Georgian: "საქართველოს საბჭოთა სოციალისტური რესპუბლიკის სახელმწიფო ჰიმნი"
  81. [T 81]
    Chinese: 天佑女王
  82. [T 82]
    Kazakh: "Қазақ Советтiк Социалистік Республикасының мемлекеттік әнұраны"
  83. [T 83]
    Kirghiz: "Кыргыз ССР Мамлекеттик Гимни"
  84. [T 84]
    Romanian: "Имнул де Стат ал РСС Молдовенешть" (original orthography)
  85. [T 85]
    Kannada: "ಕಾಯೌ ಶ್ರೀ ಗೌರಿ"
  86. [T 86]
    Melayu:"Willem dari Nassou"
  87. [T 87]
    Tajik: "Гимни Республикаи Советии Сотсиалистии Тоҷикистон"
  88. [T 88]
    Malayalam: "വഞ്ചി ഭൂമി"
  89. [T 89]
    "Ukrainian: Державний гімн Української Радянської Соціалістичної Республіки
  90. [T 90]
    "Uzbek: Ўзбекистон Совет Социалист Республикасининг давлат мадҳияси (original orthography)

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