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Alt for Norge (lit. 'everything for Norway' or 'all for Norway') is a Norwegian royal motto. It has been adopted by all monarchs of Norway since Haakon VII, who took the motto on his election as king following the dissolution of the union between Norway and Sweden in 1905.[1] The Norwegian royal house gives its English translation of the phrase as "We give our all for Norway".[2]
History
[edit]After his accession to the throne was approved in the 1905 Norwegian monarchy referendum, Haakon VII announced that he would adopt the phrase as his regnal motto in his first speech to the Storting.[1]
Mit liv vil jeg hellige Norges vel, og det er min hustrus og mit inderlige ønske, at det folk, der har valgt os, vil enigt samarbeide og stræbe frem imod dette store maal, og med fuld fortrøstning kan jeg da som mit valgsprog tage: Alt for Norge.
[I shall devote my life to Norway's welfare, and it is the heartfelt wish of my wife and myself that the people who have chosen us will work together and strive towards this great goal; therefore, it is with complete confidence that I can adopt as my motto: Everything for Norway.]
Alt for Norge gained prominence as a symbol of the Norwegian resistance movement during World War II, when Norway was occupied by Nazi Germany.[3] The motto was invoked by King Haakon in a speech given from exile in the United Kingdom in 1940,[3] and was used as a title by various resistance newspapers operating illegally from within the occupation.[4][5]
On his accession to the throne in 1991, Harald V described the motto as "not a slogan in an election campaign, but an expression of a guiding principle whose strength is nourished by faith and conviction".[6]
References
[edit]- 1 2 "Alt for Norge". Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Foreningen Store norske leksikon. Retrieved 19 September 2026.
- ↑ "We give our all for Norway". Kongehuset.no. 28 August 2026. Retrieved 22 September 2026.
– I will take the name Haakon VIII and will reign under the same motto as that chosen by my father, grandfather and great-grandfather: "We give our all for Norway".
- 1 2 Johansen, Anders; Kjeldsen, Jens E. (2005). Virksomme ord: politiske taler 1814-2005 (in Norwegian) (2. oppl ed.). Oslo: Universitetsforlaget. pp. 20–26. ISBN 978-82-15-00814-1.
- ↑ Avdeling for spesialsamlinger. "Alt for Norge. Bergen/Os. [Illegal avis]" (in Norwegian). University of Bergen Library. Retrieved 22 September 2026.
- ↑ "Alt for Norge | Drammen Byleksikon". byleksikon.drmk.no. Retrieved 22 September 2026.
- ↑ Stanghelle, Harald (2020). Kongen forteller (5. opplag ed.). Oslo: Kagge Forlag. p. 417. ISBN 978-82-489-2637-5.