"De Alde Friezen" (English: "The Old Frisians") is the anthem of the Friesland province of the Netherlands.[1]
The text is by the Frisian writer Eeltsje Halbertsma.[1] The version commonly sung today is an abridgement, dating from 1876, by Jacobus van Loon. The words were not set to music until after Halbertsma's death; they were first sung in 1875 at a ceremony held to commemorate his work.
The song was adopted as the Frisian anthem by the Selskip foar Frysk Taal- en Skriftekennisse (Society for Frisian Language and Literature) on the urging of politician, writer and poet Pieter Jelles Troelstra (1860–1930) and has served as the anthem of Friesland ever since.
^ abKoopmans, Joop W.; Jr, Arend H. Huussen (2007-05-22). Historical Dictionary of the Netherlands. Scarecrow Press. p. 89. ISBN 978-0-8108-6444-3.
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