Cornelis Atses Hoekstra (1893) and Henry de Ziel (1959)
Music
Johannes Corstianus de Puy, 1876
Adopted
1959
Audio sample
U.S. Navy Band instrumental version (one verse)
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"God zij met ons Suriname" (Dutch pronunciation:[ˌɣɔtˈsɛimɛtɔnsˌsyːriˈnaːmə]; "God be with our Suriname"), or "Opo kondreman" ("Rise, countrymen" in Sranan Tongo), is the national anthem of Suriname. It has two verses: the first in Dutch and the second in Sranan Tongo.
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national anthem. Uses the same melody as "God Save the King" This refers to "God Defend New Zealand", not "God Save the King". Until the early 20th century...
the poet Henri Frans de Ziel ("Trefossa"), who also wrote GodzijmetonsSuriname, Suriname's national anthem, whose second verse is sung in Sranan Tongo...
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verses contain a link to religion and the sixth verse is entirely devoted to God. No reference to Christianity in the original text, only in the unofficial...
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under Dutch rule, such as New Amsterdam (present-day New York City) and Suriname; and in Africa in the Dutch Cape Colony. The coin's name was preserved...
October 2010. De openbare lichamen vallen rechtstreeks onder het Rijk omdat zij geen deel uitmaken van een provincie. "Through the establishment of the BES...
rate of 1 rixdollar = 1 shilling 6 pence (£1 = 13+1⁄3 rixdollars). In Suriname the Surinamese Rijksdaalder circulated until 2004, when the Surinamese...