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).
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 "nation" or "people"), while the Pan-Slavic politicians and parts of academia viewed them as three subgroups of one South Slavic nation (, ; "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 lyricsTextbook for the 3rd class of primary schools in the Kingdom of Yugoslavia, editor: S. Čajkovac PhD, 1934.English lyricsCyrillic scriptLatin scriptБоже 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.
See also
„Hej Sloveni“
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