National Anthem of the Kingdom of Yugoslavia

The Anthem of the Kingdom of Yugoslavia was created in December 1918 from the national anthems of the Kingdom's three historical constituent lands: Kingdom of Croatia-Slavonia (Croatia), Kingdom of Serbia (Serbia) and Duchy of Carniola (Slovenia).

Himna Srba, Hrvata i Slovenaca (1919–1929)
Himna Kraljevine Jugoslavije (1929–1941)
English: Anthem of the Serbs, Croats, and Slovenes (1919–1929) Anthem of the Kingdom of Yugoslavia (1929–1941)
Former national anthem of the Kingdom of Yugoslavia
Lyrics	Jovan Đorđević, Antun Mihanović, and Simon Jenko, 1918
Music	Davorin Jenko and Josif Runjanin, 1918
Adopted	1919 (1919)
Relinquished	1941 (1941)
Preceded by	"Bože pravde" (as Kingdom of Serbia) "Ubavoj nam Crnoj Gori (as Kingdom of Montenegro) "Gott erhalte Franz den Kaiser" (as part of Austria-Hungary) "Shumi Maritsa" and "Anthem of His Majesty the Tsar" (as part of Kingdom of Bulgaria)
Succeeded by	"Hey, Slavs" (as Socialist Yugoslavia) "Deutschlandlied" and "Horst-Wessel-Lied" (as part of Nazi Germany) "Lijepa naša domovino" (as part of Independent State of Croatia) "Marcia Reale" and "Giovinezza" (as part of Fascist Kingdom of Italy) "Himnusz" (as part of Kingdom of Hungary) "Shumi Maritsa" and "Anthem of His Majesty the Tsar" (as part of Kingdom of Bulgaria)

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At the time, the Yugoslav authorities considered the three dominant South Slavic ethnic groups – Croats, Serbs, and Slovenes – as three interchangeable names for one ethnic group (Serbo-Croatian and Slovene: narod "nation" or "people"), while the Pan-Slavic politicians and parts of academia viewed them as three subgroups of one South Slavic nation (Croatian: Jugoslaveni, Serbian: Jugosloveni, Југословени Slovene: Jugoslovani; "Yugoslavs"). Accordingly, the official language was thus called Serbo-Croato-Slovene.

History

Although a law on the national anthem did not exist, the anthems of all three South Slavic nations were unified into a single anthem of the Kingdom. It started with the first part of the Serbian anthem "Bože pravde", continued with the first verse of the Croatian anthem "Lijepa naša domovino", which were in turn followed by first verse the de facto Slovenian anthem "Naprej zastava slave". The anthem finished with the refrain of the first verse of the Serbian anthem again.

It was officially used between 1919 and 1941; there was no official document that declared it invalid or void. The Constitution of the Kingdom of Yugoslavia was not in effect after the April capitulation.

Lyrics

Serbo-Croatian and Slovene lyrics

English lyrics

Cyrillic script	Latin script
Боже правде, ти што спасе Од пропасти до сад нас, Чуј и од сад наше гласе, И од сад нам буди спас! Љепа наша домовино, Ој јуначка земљо мила, Старе славе дједовино, Да би вазда сретна била! 𝄆 Напреј застава славе, На бој јунашка кри! За благор очетњаве Нај пушка говори! 𝄇 Боже спаси, Боже храни Нашег Краља и наш род! Краља Петра, Боже храни, Моли ти се сав наш род.	Bože pravde, ti što spase Od propasti do sad nas, Čuj i od sad naše glase, I od sad nam budi spas! Lijepa naša domovino, oj junačka zemlja mila, Stare slave djedovino, Da bi vazda sretna bila! 𝄆 Naprej zastava slave, Na boj junaška kri! Za blagor očetnjave Naj puška govori! 𝄇 Bože spasi, Bože hrani Našeg Kralja i naš rod! Kralja Petra, Bože hrani, Moli ti se sav naš rod.

God of Justice; Thou who saved us
when in deepest bondage cast,
Hear Thy Serbian children's voices,
Be our help as in the past.

Our beautiful homeland,
Oh heroic, dear land,
Fatherland of old glory,
May you be forever blissful.

𝄆 Onward, banner of glory,
to battle, heroic blood!
for the sake of the fatherland
let the rifles sound! 𝄇

God save, God sustain,
Our king and our people!
God sustain King Peter,
All our people pray to you.

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