"Til Ungdommen" - Norwegian Anti-war Song

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"Til Ungdommen" means "To the youth" and was written in 1936 in the wake of WW2. The author, Nordahl Grieg, was inspired by the ongoing Spanish civil war when he wrote this poem.
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[@KlaussMarcellus]

The author (Nordahl Grieg) died in 1943 during the Berlin Bombardments. He worked as a war correspondent trying to show the world the horrors of war. Sadly he died by what he hated the most.

[@Firefox1189]

That's a damn shame.

[@ryantay9642]

Read his wikipedia page. Would be amazing if someone made a movie about his life.

[@volantee]

Lest we Forget.

[@grebap]

@curry supremacist why

[@YouTubeisgettingworse.]

@curry supremacist Look at me, I am so badass

[@hommlespill5902]

There are few songs that make me cry, but this one really hits the spot

[@svenheilborn1537]

Congratulations for your national holiday on 17th May Norway from your friends in Germany

[@peanutthepeanut501]

This song is not only an anti-war song, but it also a song which is played when representing the explosion and shooting on the 22nd of July 2011 in Norway, the explosion killed 8 people in Oslo, and there were said to be 69 people or more who were shot at Utøya, most of the killed ones were college students

[@randomstuffproductions540]

Put ned en rose. Får alle som døde for ingenting.

[@peanutthepeanut501]

@@icedragon2328 I said "This is NOT ONLY an anti-war song", I didnt say it wasnt a war song.

[@dead.dummy678]

Goes on to show how dangerous extremism can be..

[@basedman6953]

@@dead.dummy678 Nationalism and extremism is the root of all modern wars

[@jubmelahtes]

The youngest victim was only 14 years old.

[@bjdaxom9555]

It was great to know about him, his love for literature and for his patriotism. salute from north east india. ✌🏻

[@iskaka5031]

As a jorwegian our teacher 8ntroduced us to the poem and it didnt tske long to include it into my playlist

[@mr.g6962]

jorwegians unite

[@Aurmm]

I am also jorwegian

[@cutiesoupia4900]

Long live Jorway.

[@JoseRodriguez-lp7rs]

Alt for Jorge!

[@DavideKuras]

Long live Jorway

[@pastille2585]

Who are here like me after the Ukrainian-Russian conflict ?

[@Justbekka_]

Me😭

[@generalarcticfox6406]

Me here...I hope in the end of this ukarian will someday or soon be free and happy to live its life free from russian oppression and every Ukrainian be able to live in peace. And soon for russian to be free from the Hungry Oligarchic oppressions of there government

[@generalarcticfox6406]

@@snuurferalangur4357 I am. I live in the US tho we soon may be loosing out own freedom to our own fascist and authoritarian lovers soon or someday. I hope we all can contunue to fight the people who wish to destroy all the freedom and hope of a better life here and in the future before it's too late Slava ukarani

[@generalarcticfox6406]

@@snuurferalangur4357 ukarian will always have its problems yes like every country. But we cannot allow them to fall to Putins authoritarian fascism and his "de nazification" that just means making people no longer Ukrainian and destory there culture and just being people. Even with ukarians problems they never deserve what they are going through now

[@ErikBramsen]

Only anti-war song that sounds best when accompanied by a snare drum

[@Thedrek]

You should hear the haunting version played by the carillion at Oslo City hall in 2012 kzbin.info/www/bejne/i37RpYlvaKmhqZI&ab_channel=NRK

[@swedensysterkapsantifa4475]

Love Peace from Poland Anarcha feminism and die anarcha pacyfism. Ukraine and Rossija Stop war!

[@Airborne675]

What a Beautiful Song Nice

[@jumamaster5938]

Simp

[@wh2960]

@@jumamaster5938 wa?

[@Yes-hi3tv]

Denne sangen har fått en ny mening etter 2011. Den er fremdeles rimelig relevant i dag, med tanken på krigen i Ukraina. Stay strong Ukrane

[@HampterSoldier]

ukraina er ikke den eneste krigen. hvem var det som brydde seg om syria eller bosnia? å vent jeg glemte det fordi det var russland. vel jeg synes det er mange andre krigere som er verre som i israel.

[@Yes-hi3tv]

@@HampterSoldierHvem dreit i din frokostblanding?

[@HampterSoldier]

@@Yes-hi3tv den lokale måken 🥲

[@alexcsr6450]

Yes

[@mountyruler1161]

I'm from Sweden and I understand more or less everything from this song.

[@unclebadtouch8001]

If you didn't i who'd be concerned

[@mariedesanges3731]

Swedish is very similar to norwegian.

[@volvo2frrchevy3]

I am norwegian i understand almost everything in sweden. Only slang words i can not but some i can.

[@NordiskBlod]

Som dansker forstår jeg hvert et ord!! Smuk sang!

[@benjaminhaaland4335]

@@unclebadtouch8001 I guess you should be concerned, since I'm a norwegian and I cannot understand Swedish at all, had a few embarrassing cases of Swedish plumbers coming and me trying to pretend I understood what they said.

[@generalarcticfox6406]

This song made me shiver and cry as the sounds of the videos of ukarian rung through my mind. The rockets of hatred and lust for death. The tank machines that crush the Hope's of happyness in cities and homes we build. The guns that find the prey in wich they wish to kill. Let this war of the our century show. War is never worth it. We must stop it all cost. We must stop russia and its lust for land to keep its oligarchic roaring war machine alive. Let us rise not as monsters of old that can never understand peace. But live on earth together In cooperation and peace. Let us not let one more child have to watch there parent and loved one leave to die on a frontline or battfeild. Let us not have one more family, child, or person suffer the horrors and pains of being in a war they never could control or understand. Let us grow as humans. Let us. Be friends

[@Novand1]

You're Ukrainian? I'm Norwegian and my wife is Ukrainian. This is one of my favorite songs but i still hope to be employed as "Norwegian debil executing prisoners with a frozen salmon" for the Ukrainian army. My father in law was a high-ranked officer in Ukrainian army until his stroke last year, but no help from him...

[@generalarcticfox6406]

@@Novand1 I'm deeply sorry for that but, no I'm not ukarian I'm actually america and just watch the info and the news on the war and decided to return to this music as I went through movies and history of ww1 in its terrors of warfare and decided to speak about how i feel with this song. but it's nice to see so many like this song.

[@generalarcticfox6406]

@@snuurferalangur4357 that was also my point. I was only saying that the russia ukarian war is the closest of suffering and endless death we have gotten from wars of ww2 or ww1 sense they ended. Not saying not mass hatred

[@generalarcticfox6406]

@@snuurferalangur4357 I care for all those wars. We all do or at least some of us I hope. But their is importance to this war. It is the biggest war in europe sense ww2. The largest conflict on a ueropean front sense it too. And if the food economy, economic power with the steel plant of ukarian and more can affect the intire planet in a instant and is with the loss of ukarian food trading of wheat. And putin could start a intire world dominating war if he so choose too. While many genocides and killings go on each day in ukarian and more lives and rights are destroyed each day in russia and russian controlled ukarian lands Putin's fearfull grip is lost and he tries to tighten it harder. It's a war that has never had to happen. But it's a war we all can do our best to get the best outcome for ukarian to live and at least hold back russia fo a standstill. For ukarian failing is a consequence every ukarian will feel under Putin's rule after.

[@generalarcticfox6406]

@@snuurferalangur4357 oh boy oki so the denying type great. Didnt know calling genocide was dehumanizing of a group for doing it. No we have seen the videos we have seen the pictures and the info from the victims and survivors it isnt a debate they have done many war crimes through the war russia is a victim they are making them while they fight

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[@volvo2frrchevy3]

We sang this when i was in 3. And 4. Grade in norway.

[@skayqz]

Sounds like a disney song and a future song at the same time , its so beautiful!

[@ultraviolet7838]

Solidarity with Ukraine and with the Russian protestors who stand for peace. Stay strong!

[@azurebookllet9216]

""Til Ungdommen" means "To the youth" and was written in 1936 in the wake of WW2. " You mean, in the wake of WWI? Sorry that I have to point it out. Such a pity the call of this masterpiece wasn't heeded then, and too many still ignore it now.

[@mikkelbjerring2914]

Dude, 1936 was WAY after The Great War. The Great War ended in 1918.

[@azurebookllet9216]

@@mikkelbjerring2914 But it was also three years BEFORE WW2, and "in the wake of" means that something has happened after. That's what I and some other comments are saying. Perhaps you could say Spanish Civil War would fit better, except that it was right at its peak at the time, so I don't know what Ingen meant with this sentence.

[@dam_smit]

bro you know he means before ww2 so its fine, don't worry about it

[@mikkelbjerring2914]

@@azurebookllet9216 I dont understand

[@Vingul]

​@@mikkelbjerring2914 "in the wake of" means after. Just like the wake of a boat is behind the boat, not ahead of it. That's what he means.

[@TheHollandHS]

This is a classic national song. For a channel like this its not a problem.

[@valt8025]

Karelian anthem

[@user-bk1if1qx1x]

Norwegian/General English

[@vaultboye]

2:42 Wouldn't it be "We want to take care of" instead of "We shall take care of"? Or have I just completely forgotten my own language?

[@Oddn7751]

It can mean both

[@mikkelbjerring2914]

As a dane speaking a brother language i would assume it to be translated as, "We will take care of"

[@trygveblacktiger597]

This version of the song comes from 2011. After Anders Breviks terror attacks killing 77 people mainly teenagers, and was used to commemorate the tragedy of the event.

[@kartoffelkaiser322]

correct. this version is actually missing two of the original verses, including the one about the treason of capitalism and corruption.

[@raoufrachedi2383]

Beautiful ❤❤

[@rasmuswhitehorn5240]

Says the one with a confed flag as his profile picture..

[@raoufrachedi2383]

@@rasmuswhitehorn5240 comment was two years ago before going on /pol/ and getting radicalized.

[@Brookigetit]

Raouf Rachedi oof. Hope u get better buddy and come back to civilised society.

[@burgherwithfrenchspies]

@@raoufrachedi2383 why tf does an Algerian have a confederate flag as their profile picture? As a Texan you would probably get shot here for doing anything even slightly suspicious lol

[@raoufrachedi2383]

@@burgherwithfrenchspies I doubt it

[@vif3182]

certified Norge classic!!

[@sagnikbhattacharya6071]

This is so intense so beautiful.

[@josephhermitage5996]

Schoen

[@Palladiosios]

Upload brownhaired Napolitano the Greek antiwar song

[@nisse7399]

Förstår faktiskt inte varför inte denna sjungs i Sverige. Både Norge och Danmark sjunger den. Dansk version kzbin.info/www/bejne/bamYdX1sq7Z3qMk

[@splinter6479]

Sverige var jo ikke med i andre verdenskrig :P

[@nisse7399]

@@splinter6479 Eller att han i ett socialdemokratiskt Sverige helt enkelt ratades då han var kommunist och kommunisterna gillade inte någon som tyckte att man skulle kämpa mot ockupanter då de tyckte att Sverige nog mådde bäst av att styras från Moskva.Eller helt enkelt att vi inte var med i ww2 :)

[@user-bk1if1qx1x]

Norwegian Song (1903-?)

[@Sander00]

Stop with this

[@angieroxy7550]

@@Sander00 No u

[@Sander00]

@@angieroxy7550 no

[@angieroxy7550]

@@Sander00 Yes.

[@Sander00]

@@angieroxy7550 yes u

[@angieroxy7550]

This sounds like it's from a Fairytale ~

[@rokloknita9494]

"was written in 1936 in the wake of WW2. The author, Nordahl Grieg, was inspired by the ongoing Spanish civil war when he wrote this poem." A very sad fairytale. Sad fact: This was preformed in the wake of the 22.July attack in Norway, where 70+ children died. It's one of the more emotional songs in Norway. This song really ought be translated and sang in english.

[@jackkarpoe6228]

Sadly, almost like peace itself...

[@Teldras00]

Written in '36, in the wake of W2? :P

[@snakey934Snakeybakey]

an *Anti* war song on this channel?

[@retsrtsethsrbsf1167]

????

[@jutoa6458]

Er ikke denne sangen i dag knyttet til 22 juli?

[@eliasenger6984]

Nope

[@scouttyra]

I think I've seen videos of it being sung at a memorial, so it is possible

[@jubmelahtes]

Nei. Den ble framført under minnestunden. Men dette er en av mange viktige sanger i arbeiderbevegelsen og venstresida i norsk politikk.

[@peanutthepeanut501]

@@eliasenger6984 ja den er d også

[@KundiKalliosta]

Det var mycket viktig sång dåtiden, even kungparet sång det då

[@NoaManic]

It's funny how everyone loved Grieg's poems and songs, they became so famous that a school here in Bergen is named after him. But it's very funny how few people mention that he was a Marxist :)

[@Oddn7751]

Because it's usually irrelevant

[@Oddn7751]

@@snuurferalangur4357 usually not, no

[@Oddn7751]

@@snuurferalangur4357 because that's not what he's famous for

[@apotato5567]

@@snuurferalangur4357 he wasn't stalinist

[@apotato5567]

@@snuurferalangur4357 yes he was communist for a while but then he went against stalinism

[@abrahamduranbeltrancolombi6189]

No eln

[@nordmannnorway4777]

Trying to finde Norwegian army songs gets anti war song😑

[@brockboysen545]

You found a better treasure.

[@oscaraleksanderhalvorsen921]

It's not an anti war song though. It's about fighting the nazis, so the title is kind of wrong

[@kartoffelkaiser322]

@@oscaraleksanderhalvorsen921 It is without question a pacifist song. However, the writer was a communist with ties to the Soviet union, and despised fascism.

[@johannesvangenaglen6062]

halla drageben jeg å din kommentar og tenkte wow der faktisk sant bergen er kommuntistisk sant for jorge

[@namaenamae1]

What dialect is this? It's so Danified

[@Ingenting]

Per Tóllaksonur The singer is from Bergen, but she sings in standardised bokmål

[@namaenamae1]

@@Ingenting but she said "hva skal jeg kjempe med" instead of "ka ska eg kjempe med"

[@sigurddaehli]

@@namaenamae1 That is standard Norwegian "Bokmål".

[@namaenamae1]

@@sigurddaehli kvi syng hu å eit skrive mål?

[@sigurddaehli]

@@namaenamae1 Hun synger ikke på bokmål, men det er en dialekt med bokmål som skriftmål.

[@thefrenchareharlequins2743]

Det er Norges nye tropper?

[@keizerkuzco6459]

Search dra til skogs, he had it before but it got removed for 'hatespeech' because KZbin.

[@thefrenchareharlequins2743]

@@keizerkuzco6459 yes, I was taking the piss out of the hippie who wrote this song. But it is taken down?

[@keizerkuzco6459]

@@thefrenchareharlequins2743 sadly yes

[@thefrenchareharlequins2743]

@@keizerkuzco6459 If God is all good, why does he allow things like that to happen?

[@veyrnotvods5542]

Sounds a bit like Einsheitfrontilied

[@dead.dummy678]

War sucks

[@Arcaryon]

For more than 711 days, I have yet again watched how a new great fire rages on. I have seen men plead for their life while their doom looked at them from above, I have seen a rebellious lord of this new wave of violence scream in anger surrounded by the empty shells of his fallen followers, I have yet again lost count of the amount of devastating explosions, the fresh graves and and the burned out armour plated carriages, the ruined houses and the lies of one man and his supporters who to this day cling to their power. All so the administration ruling in Moscow can cover its corruption by burning those who could expose them. Unfortunately, the only way to make this hell end is to unleash an even greater fire to swallow what has already been unleashed. They say that things have changed but learning about tales of old, dating back centuries, it’s all so awfully familiar. Si vis pacem para bellum. And hold those in power accountable - before it’s, once again, too late.

[@christophermanktelow544]

It’s weird, because if I’m not mistaken Norway still has conscription.

[@sayaks12]

technically yes, but in practice most people don't get conscripted unless you want to join the military

[@paveldaman1820]

It's pretty easy to not get into the military, just say that you use drugs, you are lazy and that you are not interested in it. You must be very unlucky then if they still accept your application.

[@splinter6479]

It needs to have conscription to maintain a reasonably-sized defence force. Norway is a nation of 5 million. fewer than most big *cities* elsewhere in the world. Only perfectly capable people are conscripted, and the army is very strict. people who suffer from mental health conditions or some form of physical defections are immediately excused from military service. If i'm honest, the conscription is more to make many people capable of functioning under military command to work as reserves and militia should war break out. You aren't required to stay in the military for long.

[@nordlandskaka]

Precisely because we don't want war. :)

[@kristofferhusebjohansson716]

I dont understand why that is contrary to this song.

[@migarot2731]

Wow I love norway reminds me of my xbox btw why am I in somaliland I want to go to my norway I'm on grade 2 and in here grade 1

[@GoobinsOfficial]

what does norway have to do with your xbox

[@ashaler__]

Matt Is Stupid and somaliland

[@Sander00]

Lmao

[@ashaler__]

@Indian Nationalist Mapping oh jesus fuck

[@superkjell]

This isn't really an anti-war song, it's an anti-capitalists-should-have-weapons-song. And Nordahl Grieg, changed his mind when war came to Norway uninvited. When he died, he actually held the rank of captain in the Norwegian army.

[@longbranched]

Nei, det er en freds sang, hvis du lytter til hele teksten så blir det klart. - Hva skal jeg kjempe med? - Her er ditt vern mot vold, her er ditt sverd: Troen på livet vårt, menneskets verd. Dø om du må, men øk det og styrk det (troen på menneskets verd).

[@superkjell]

@@longbranched Jeg foreslår at du søker på nettet etter hva for eksempel Edvard Hoem eller Håvard Rem har skrevet om både Nordal Grieg og diktet.

[@user-zx3eu9he3i]

Why not add a peace sign, instead of national flag? Anedoctically, the peace sign would anacronical, as it dates of 1958 from Britain, but there are also options like a dove with colour of the flag etc....

[@oscaraleksanderhalvorsen921]

Nice song, but it's not a anti-war song but a anti-fascist and anti-nazi song. It's very much pro war against the nazis.

[@WolfieboyMachi]

Talk about seeing what you want to see. The song/poem has a humanitarian message, decrying violence and promoting peace. While that does indeed mean opposing bigotry, it does not mean that that it promotes conflict. "Stans dem med ånd." That means to stand firm and steadfast behind the principles of human worth and refuse to give in to hatered and those who promote it.

[@nuriefeselen7880]

War is peace

[@Oddn7751]

Freedom is slavery

[@huntereyeofdarkwood5417]

Life is pontless

[@oxygenboy5375]

@@huntereyeofdarkwood5417 Why do you think that?

[@scouttyra]

I don't really understand what this has to do with the video?

[@erenyeager3829]

Ignorance is Strength

[@wiggyam1268]

Æsj, skarring

[@Sander00]

Æsj, en idiot

[@drageben145]

Hva faen sa du Skarring 4 lyfe Lenge leve den frie anarko kommunistiske kommunen av Bergen!!! RRRRRRRRRR

[@Oddn7751]

Skarring er eit arr av den danske koloniseringa

[@Sander00]

@@Oddn7751 🤡

[@Sander00]

@@snuurferalangur4357 Kan man bli mer fjern i hodet enn det? Noe av det tåpeligste jeg har lest i år! Er vel ikke skarringen hennes som styrer og bestemmer i politikken?

[@Invictus8Provocus]

This is foolish. When war comes, tell your enemy and see what they do. War means you die, not plead.

[@abhinavmelathil366]

Well, stop war in the first place then

[@nothernstar2576]

the war can be stopped either if you win or if you lose, and the latter usually means a lot of strife if not total annihilation

[@Vlad-sj5yw]

You completely misunderstood the perspective of the song. It's not about what your country should do if war comes to you, it's about what we all (humanity) should do to avoid the war beginning in the first place. The song is Norwegian (the text anyway, the melody is from a Danish person) but it's not a song meant only for Norwegians.

[@Vlad-sj5yw]

@@nothernstar2576 He means prevented. Before it begins, which is the point of the song. It's not about what you should do *after* the war comes knocking.

[@nothernstar2576]

@@Vlad-sj5yw you can't prevent all wars and especially in the situation when only one side is interested in peace

[@howiegaming9985]

Cringe all war is based.

[@hipocresia]

Do you want to have your eye lost? War is not funny.

[@howiegaming9985]

@@hipocresia grandpa never lost his eye, hes just missing a finger

[@jackkarpoe6228]

@@howiegaming9985 I hope you’re trolling because otherwise ur truly lost

[@kelisario9065]

Sundowner moment

[@AlxzAlec]

Ok Norwegian and Swedish just are not languages for songs

[@misterm7225]

This is actually a poem.

[@FirstLast-em5uz]

I couldn't disagree more. As an American I think Norwegian is one of the most beautiful spoken languages in the world. When put to song I think it is even more beautiful.

[@kila9249]

I disagree 100%. You must have hearing issues.

[@scouttyra]

Find "Kristina från Duvemåla" here on KZbin

[@WolfieboyMachi]

You're not meant for song.

[@isteinrsleie6784]

Jeg er kanskje Norsk men jeg liker ikke denne sangen fremdeles.

[@WolfieboyMachi]

Da er du bare juksenorsk. Akkurat som folk som ikke liker svartmetall. Slikt går bare ikke an når man er norsk. Uhørt!

[@Northy777.]

Song is trash fr, War is Necessary. "If you want peace prepare for war" Fedrelandet>

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