Deutschlandlied coins. The music is the hymn "Gott erhalte Franz den Kaiser", written in 1797 by the Austrian composer Joseph Haydn as an anthem for the birthday of Francis II, Emperor of the Holy Roman Empire and later of Austria. In 1841, the German linguist and poet August Heinrich Hoffmann von Fallersleben wrote the lyrics of "" as a new text for that music, counterposing the national unification of Germany to the eulogy of a monarch, lyrics that were considered revolutionary at the time. Along with the flag of Germany, which first appeared in its essentially "modern" form in 1778; it
Sami national anthem the Norwegian Parliament (he was a deputy in 1906-1912). The poem was first published on April 1, 1906 on the Northern Sami in the Norwegian newspaper Sagai Muittalægje. In August 1986, the 13th Sámi Conference, was held in the Swedish village of Åre, a poem Sámi soga lávlla was declared the national anthem of the Sami. The music written for these words were by the Norwegian composer , was approved in 1992 as the official national anthem at the 15th Sámi Conference in Helsinki. Sami national anthem Sámi soga lávlla (English: "Song of the Sami Family/People") is the anthem of