Can't listen Finlandia hymn without tears

The song definitely carry a deeper meaning when you know the history of Finland.

Finlandia-hymn brings tears to every Finnish person listening to it. Period.

I sometimes cry a little when i hear Finlandia hymn and i am almost 40 years old man. That tells how beautiful and how big meaning it has.

Jean Sibelius, the composer of both Jääkärimarssi and Finlandia-hymni, is our national treasure. Over the years, there has been debate about whether Finlandia-hymni should replace our official national anthem (Maamme laulu). To many, the Finlandia-hymni better represents the Finnish spirit and identity, especially given its historical context. And it's just a masterpiece of composition.

Säkkijärven polkka is originally an old theme from Karelia area. It was played continuously for some time day and night during war. It contained such tones (combination of radiofrequencies/waves) which disturbed well the function of Soviet mines with radio detonation.

Another powerful and emotionnally uplifting song is "Veteraanin iltahuuto" (the evening shout of the veteran), which is sang, by tradition, in the funeral of every Finnish veteran. That includes the funeral of my grandfather, where I heard it for the first time in my life. It is like a goodbye song to the brother in arms, whose soul is now with the almighty God.

Finlandia hymn is part of the larger work 'Finlandia' by Sibelius. Worth checking out the complete work. Composed in 1899-1900. Huge part of the independence movement in Finland culminating in 1917 independence.

I cannot listen to Finlandia without tearing up

Finlandia hymn gives me chills every time I hear it, it is so beautiful. The whole Finlandia is also amazing.

Finlandia hymn is so beautiful and such a power song for us finns. It always makes me think about all the sacrificies pur grandparents have done for our freedom ❤ such a special song.

This one brings all Finish people in tears when thinking of the sacrifices our grandparents had to make in the war.

funfact: säkkijärven polkka was used as counter-weapon against soviet "radio-launched" bombs. they noticed that when they play this song, somewhere exploded bomb, it was more or less used in the continuation war but definitely interesting thing.

As a Finn living now in Germany and watching this video, this makes me cry pretty fast. These songs hits the core of being a Finn.

I cannot even begin to describe all the feeling going inside me, when hearing this stunning hymn sung on the stairs at Helsinki Cathedral every 6th of December by a Students Choir and hundreds of other people at the square in front of the Cathedral. There is something very solemn and profound in this hymn, even if you didnt know the history or Finnish language. As a Finn I get chills every time, I hear this masterpiece. Finland has been an independent nation for a bit over century now. First, we were conquered by Sweden around 12th century, and remained as part of Sweden until 1808, when we became part of Russian Empire. Throughout most of our history the majority of Finns were peasants, while the ruling class consisted mainly Swedish speaking aristocrats. Finnish language was the language of the peasants, and it hadnt written form not until 16th century. Even after developing the written, standardized form for the language, Finnish still remained the language of the peasants, while administravite language was Swedish and Latin. Finnish language finally became equal by the 1880's, which was the time of the nationalistic awakening all over Europe. Independence Finland gained 6th of December 1917, and from henceworth we have been an independent nation, which we had to defend at WW2 against the invasion of Soviet Union. We managed to defer total annihilation of our independence, however.

That version of Finlandia was the short version. You need to listen the whole song

Somehow now, during the Russian war in Ukraine, Jääkärimarssi and Finlandia hymn remind us how we used to be. Under Russian rule. Finland paid a high price for it's freedom: both in loss of land and war indemnities. Finland has been independent since 1917, just over a hundred years. We have 1340 kilometres of border with our Eastern neighbour... Finland has never forgotten. Jääkärimarssi makes me feel defiant and determined. My mother was a teenager during WW II, and she has told me so many stories. I wish we never have to see war times again.

It is very important to hear the first part of Finlandia hymn!!!!! It is epic. Anyway, the song still gives me chills every time.

Every time tears in my eyes when i hear Finlandia.❤

Säkkijärvi was a town in Karjala (karelia in english) that the soviets invated and took in the winter war. Now days Säkkijärvi is called Kondratjevo, and its part of Russia..

Finlandia was composed in 1899 by Jean Sibelius, our national composer. It was composed during the Russian oppression when the Russians tried to erase Finnish culture, language and laws. This is only a portion of the full 10 minute piece, this part of the piece is called the "hymn" and the whole song is called Finlandia. He composed this and played it live and it moved the audience so much that it became a hit. It didn't have lyrics at first, the first lyrics were actually written in the US by Finnish Americans as they wanted to sing the hymn part when they were missing home. The first lyrics were written by a Finnish American journalist George (Yrjö) Sjöblom in 1919. He worked at New York Times and when a winter storm was causing havoc in the city he got homesick and was thinking about this hymn so he wrote the first lyrics to it. He sent the lyrics to Sibelius and he thanked and said "the hymn isn't meant to be sung, but I won't deny Finns from singing it". The current lyrics (as sung in this version) were written in 1940 by V.A Koskiniemi who was a Finnish poet. The lyrics tell the tale of how Finland got free from slavery and oppression from the Russians. Nowadays it is probably the most important piece of music for us Finns, many (me included) say that this should be the national anthem. Our national anthem is a german marching song actually written by a German, hence many people prefer this over 'oi maamme'.

Jääkärimarssi is the honor march of finnish jaeger forces (pretty much all of infantry). Me, being done my tour of duty as an anti-tank missile jaeger, I have marched to that song several times. It was (IIRC) created during the 1920's after the finnish civil war where Whites beat the Reds with the german-trained jaegers were an elite soldier units of the whites.

Polka is a folkdans Finlandia got me. So beautiful. Finns are my dear neighbours. Greatings from Sweden. ❤

The Finlandia hymn is one of few things in life that make my eyes tear up a sliver. There are a couple others that make me feel a bit similarly as well though. "Veteraanin iltahuuto" (About remembering the veterans and carry on the torch as they all pass on) "Sotaorvon vala" (About the civil war, executed parents, destruction and revenge theme) "Evakon laulu" (About the Karelians forced to leave their homes forever and the losses of war including the father of the family only returning home in a coffin) "Modersmålets sång" (A sort of anthem of the Swedish speaking Finns)

In Finlandia Hymni when "kuin itse taivahan kansi sois." is sung the translation actually means: "As if the firmament itself was ringing.".

As a Finn, this makes me wanna salute and stand at attention throughout.

Finlandia Hymn is just a part of Sibelius' Finlandia. You should listen to the whole thing, there is a version on youtube where BBC Singers, BBC Symphony Chorus and the BBC Symphony Orchestra performs it to honor 100th independence day of Finland. Very powerful.

There is a musical "code" in the Jääkärinmarssi. It switches between more western, Swedish, French and German schools and Russian, Slavic school of musical language when it changes from major to minor scale. And it matches the words too... It is ruthless and sad in the minor key, and then victorious, hopeful and talks about bright future in the major key. You can specially hear it with the line "which is cutting its chains" that has the most stereotypical ascending Slavic melody, and then it switches to more European with the line "our defiance will not be passed". It is like a Prussian march all of a sudden, boisterous and upbeat. The "code" is really all about being finally free from Russian rule and all of the horrible things they did to us, and joining Europe. Yup, Sibelius was a genius.

Jääkärinmarssi and Finlandia hymn make me quite emotional. There's this understanding that our small nation had to suffer for its freedom, and these were songs from a time when there was great uncertainty about what this freedom meant. The future was opening up, and now we get to reflect on it all, did we make the forefathers proud?

That Finlandia hymn was only part of it, See the video Jean Sibelius-Finlandia

All these songs make me feel great patriotism and bring tears to my eyes when i think about what our grandparentd have done for our freedom. Without Finnish Sisu we would be Russians now.

Finlandia is basically considered to be our second national anthem here in Finland! It’s sung often during independence day Karelia is an area in eastern Finland that has always been very important to us. We lost south Karelia to Russia during WW2. Säkkijärvi is an area that we lost

If you are interested there is a full version of Finlandia you could listen to. One is without singing and another is performed live by BBC music for finnish 100th year anniversary.

Definitely in tears hearing Finlandia .... I'm in my 60's but every time I hear it .... I cry. Bless my motherland 🇫🇮💙🇫🇮

Ich bin eine deutsche Patriotin und respektiere die Patrioten anderer Länder. Liebe Grüsse an die Finnen - Ihr seid mir besonders sympathisch! Natürlich verstehe ich den Schmerz um verlorenes Land - wie zb in Säkkijerven Polkka !

Finlandia hymn, and to seller extent the jaeger march always give me goosepumps, while säkkijärven polkka is great for raising spirits. Jaegers were volunteer infantry that were trained by Germans in WWI. They took part in battles against Russia in the eastern front. Then when the Finnish civil war started they were transferred to Finland and became a core of the new Finnish (white) army and trained the new conscripts (in contrast to civil guards) among other things. Today all infantry in Finland is called "jääkäri" jaeger and the military oath everyone takes is mostly the same as those first jaegers took before shipping to Finland.

Finlandia hymni is very important to us finnish people. And it's makes us cry always. . Patriotic song and kind of sad song ,but very lovely song for us . ❤❤❤

Finlandia hymn is considered to be one of the most beautiful songs ever made not just in Finland but internationally, so.. getting emotional about it is totally normal.. i say to myself as i wipe my tears.

Jaeger march, it was made for the civil war 1917'ish.. being a jaeger myself, i raises shivers in my spine, so strong. Sakkijarven Polkka, annoying sound, but fun fact..only song used as a weapon, ever..finnish army played that song specially on a set frequency to blow up russian minefields with certain mines that were activated by radiosignals. (or to prevent them to explode, cant remember which) Finlandia, ethereal..you should hear the whole finlandia from Sibelius.

If i may suggest a song for you to listen, there is "Veteraanin iltahuuto" and it is a very powerful song.

Oh, I love these songs! Jääkärimarssi is a proud song of Finnish soldiers from the time when Finland became independent. And Säkkijärven polkka is telling about Karelia, the beautiful piece of Finland that we had to give to Russia. So many Karelians had to leave their homes in Karelia. Finlandia shares our love to our home country. Thank you, Mert Fin, for playing them all here!

Jääkärinmarssi is definitely my favorite, I'm a anti-armor jaeger myself and the song was our company marching song at oath ceremony. We spent hours practicing it, wouldn't expect training singing in army. But our marching and singing was so good that we were rewarded additional vacation day. Army was tough but really rewarding experience and left great memories.

I'd recommend "Veteraanin iltahuuto", sung by actual war veterans. Always gives me chills.

Check out: Finlandia Hymn Senate Square (Performed by a choir of thousands singers) and Finlandia Flashmob (Several videos of great performances)

There is also "porilaisten marssi". It is always played in tv/radio when Finland wins gold in some international sport event.

Some other good finnish patriotic songs that you could listen to are "vapaussoturin valloituslaulu", which is a civil war song of the white side, "veteraanin iltahuuto", song of war veterans and "uraliin", continuation war song.

Finlandia hymn gets me in tears. Its somehow so in the core of our humble history, in such a beautiful way.

Finlandia Hymn is a part of a greater composition by Jean Sibelius. Originally it didn't include any lyrics. I strongly recommend you listening to it completely and reading the description here: ukposts.info/have/v-deo/fmWrm5WYnW-TmZc.html

I have heard them before, several times, in fact my whole life. Jääkärimarssi and Finlandia Hymn are very good and emotional piece of music.

My parents were born and raised in Finland, karajala until the winter war. My father and his 5 brothers went to fight and defend the country. I'm proud of them. I'm was born and raised in Brasil my heart is there too.

Finlandia brings me to tears, everytime.

"Säkkijärven polkka" song was actually used by the Finnish military to disrupt the signals of Soviet mines, preventing them from detonating. So that song quite literally saved lives.

All three songs wisk me back in time. My Dad and i have danced polkas, waltzs, tagos,and jenkaa. He was a big man but very light on his feet. The Sampo Hall and Voima Hall were Finnish run dance/community halls in Sudbury Ont. Canada. From about 1930's to 1980's.

The hymn is so badly translated that you lose about 90% of the awe in it. And you still found it awesome 😊 It goes more properly something like this. O look, Finland, your day dawns. The threat of night has been banished. The skykark sings in the brightness of dawn like the very lid of the heavens were struck ringing. The powers of night are conquered by the dawn's brightness. Your day dawns, o land of birth. O rise, Finland, raise it high. Your head wreathed in great memory. O rise, Finland, you showed the world. That you banished slavery. (high point) And that you would not bend under oppression. Your day dawns, O land of birth.

I have gotten tears from many touching songs, but Finlandia Hymni is one of it's kind. It grasps your whole heart, giving chills but also making your skin warm. It instantly wakes the feeling of doing absolutely everything to protect this country and our loved ones.

Säkkijärven polkka was actually the first ever use of electronic warfare! It was played day and night to interfere with soviet mines that was activated by radio frequencies, and the song somehow was at a similar tone to the radio waves!

I cry everytime I hear Finlandia hymn, i mean really everytime, its so beautifull, it makes me proud to be finnish and love my country, it thouches my soul so deeply.

Our true national anthem 0:39 😊.Finlandia hymn. Hi from finland ❤ . Yeah i got tears out too when i hear it. 😊 . It justs lifts u up in a motion and you feel proud of your country. All people living there. And also brings to me memories of my granpa who faught in war. 😊. He really never talked about those times when i was young. But god bless him . I am living in free country because of him and his friends ❤

This hymn is so beautiful. Tears on my eyes.

I tear up every time I hear Finlandia hymn.

The Finlandia Hymn always brings out the emotions. This is relevant again when we already have new persecutions, as in the whole of Europe.

I would add "Hakkapeliittain marssi" or "Suomalaisen ratsuväen marssi 30-vuotisessa sodassa" which is about the finnish cavalry in the 30 years war in the 1600s. The main theme is from the 1600s, I guess.

So a quick history of Jääkärimarssi (Jaeger's march) In late 1800s/early 1900s Finland was a part of Russian empire and Russia started to russify it's territories, Finns did not like this so many Finns sneaked to Germany in order to get millitary training so that at an opportune moment they could return to Finland and fight for its independence. These Jaeger's were fighting in the eastern front under German empire in WW1 and a Jaeger wrote a poem which is the lyrics of this song, then Russia was plunged into a civil war, Finns declared their independence, these lyrics were sent to Sibelius I who "with patriotic fervour" composed the music for the poem creating the song. German empire would then ship these Jaeger's back to Finland sho that they could fight the Finnish civil war on the side of the whites against the Russian supported reds. This is one of the things why Finn's had and still have good relationship and respect towards Germans. So when the lyrics refer to "we have no mercy and no homeland" it is a reference to them fighting abroad when Finland is not independent yet.

When i was working in Rotterdam, Netherhlands, there was this Finnish tugboat called Zeus. It could dock almost in the middle of the city. When i first visited there, they had speakers on the deck. I could here Finnlandia many blocks away. It was amazing! Captain was very patriotic.

oh and yes, the hymn was only small part of it... there is epic part of it when the melody imitates machine guns and eventually "win" and so... it is absolutelu stunning here: ukposts.info/have/v-deo/fmWrm5WYnW-TmZc.html its without vocals mut... it is sure epic and amazing, truly breathtaking

As a finn, that version of Finlandia leaves me crying helplessly

Rare things can bring tears to my eyes but I can't listen or sing Finlandia hymni without shedding a tear or two

fun fact: finnish army used Säkkijärven polkka to block soviet radio-controlled mines from detonation during the recapture of Viipuri. the Finns broadcasted the song at the same frequency the mines detonated at, for over 1,500 times from September 1941 to February 1942 until “proper” mine jamming equipment was brought in. When the Soviets caught wind of this, they attempted to change the frequency to detonate the mines. Once the Finns heard of this, they changed their methods, and broadcasted the Säkkijärven Polkka on every possible frequency that the mines could operate at.

You should listen Finlandia hymn from start to the end .It's powerfull.

1:54 It's actually pronounced Yaegers, as in Jägermeister. The reason the German word is used in English, is that the English-speaking world is more familiar with it due to WW2. Finns use the word Jääkärit, Finnish version of the same word. Germans helped us Finns with our independence by training our men as Jaegers, (highly mobile light infantry, lacking a good translation into English). Jaegers are generally thought of as elite troops, so the idea was that if you're going train conscripts to resist the Russians, they better be good at it.

Säkkijärvi was a village ,belonged to Finland before the war. Polkka is a very quick dance, popular years ago.

Ievan polkka (Eva's polka) is one of the most famous Finnish songs around the world. 😁

I was at a high school where we did the entire Finlandia Suite and the choir part afterwards. The Finlandia choir part is ingrained in my brain.

You should react to Finns favorite Christmas songs. Varpunen jouluaamuna, Sylvian joululaulu and Tonttu if you can find english translations to those. Really paints you a picture of Finnish mentality when our favorite happies time of the year songs are about dead little brother and home sickness... 😅

11:19 You and me both. An instrumental version of Finlandia was used in Die Hard 2.

Tears came to my eyes, for Finlandia. Now we have bowed under the oppression, hopefully we will rise again.

Finlandia. Heard it thousands of times. yet here i am. crying, and smiling.

You should come to Finland when we have Independence Day 6th of december. As someone mentioned in Helsinki is that chorus every year singing. I think this could be very good experience to You to see how patriotic finnish people are and maybe very emotional moment too.

I think back in those days a Jaeger was a finnish soldier who was military trained in Germany. Nowadays tho it just means an infantry man

In Finland, history has always been written in songs and music. Of course, also for all art. Evako's song (In finnish Evakon laulu) is also really touching. It tells about those who had to leave their homes behind the border. We have a lot of great songs about nationality.

Slavery -part in Finlandia always gives me chills. I also like how Finlandia starts, not the hymn but the whole concert. Finlandia was made during finnish civil war disguised as "Fantasia". True name was revealed when Finland won it's independece from the soviets. It used to be the national song until changed to "Maamme" by Runeberg as that is esier song.

This last song make me tears is so emotional song!!

If you ever have to give someone CPR, Säkkijärven polkka has a fast enough rythm to imagine in your head.

Veteraanien iltahuuto!

Leave out the Polkka, Finlandia is the most powerful tune in the whole wide world and you're a beautifully cheeky guy. I'm glad you get in touch with Mr. Sibelius and Koskenniemi lyrics. Love you brother. In the translation in the very core momentum of the tune it mentions ' as if the very ceiling, the lid, of the heaven resonates' ; Kuin Taivaan Kansi sois. Aye, tolkien from the heart said that Finnish is the real Greek language of Filosofy and I agree, there's no other language like it in the Western world. Thank you my man for doing this, much love and bless you-from Åbo Turku, Finland.💕

Finlandia hymn always makes me cry. It's so beautiful. I've also sung it in a choir so it has even a bigger meaning for me.

It's so finnish that there is upbeat tempo in a song wherevä they are singing about part of Finland we lost to the Soviet Union. Songs where we are happy we use minor.

I watched Finland videos and the Finlandia -hymni made my eyes wet once again. Dear Homeland!

Finlandia hymn was played at Larry Thornes burial in 2003

Finlandia also moves me greatly. I had a dear friend who lived in his childhood through the winter war in which his father and 5 brothers fought. He and his two sisters were sent to Sweden during WWII. The other Finish dance craze is the tango. Go figure.

You NEED to watch Finlandia hymn flash mob I cry every time

Säkkijärven polkka has a story of its own. In 1941 the Soviets littered the city of Viipuri with radio controlled mines which were to be detonated once Finnish troops had liberated the city. However, Finns figured out the frequency of the mines and came up with a way to occupy that frequency so Soviet signals couldn't get through. The answer was playing Säkkijärven polkka on that very frequency non stop for five months. That's why Säkkijärven polkka has a special place in our hearts.

säkkijärven polkka was radio forcasting 24/7 to disarmer russian radio mines, and it was very succelful

This made me cry. We all finns know these. Did you know that Finland and Estonia have same national hymn? They are our little brothers.

Sibelius originally composed Finlandia to be an orchestral piece withour lyrics, the lyrics were added afterwards. What you listened, was of course only a small fragment of the whole piece, which lasts depending of the interpretation more or less 9 minutes. If you like Sibelius, you might want to listen Valse Triste, Swan of Tuonela, Karelia suite and Sibelius violin concerto. Might be too long for videos, though, shortest of those mentioned is Valse Triste, about 6-7 minutes.

Jääkärimarssi aka Jaeger march song its about "dont come here and fuck with us, you get hurt"!!!

Jean Sibelius' Finlandia is world famous. The English language hymn Be Still My Soul is also sung to the tune of Finlandia.

Cried while listening to Finlandia hymn, like always

It's not that we're proud of country, it's not national pride that these songs evoke within us, rather, they remind us how much we LOVE our country, this northern paradise our grandfathers sacrificed so much to protect. Can't listen to either Finlandia or Jääkärinmarssi without tears.

Finlandia hymn always brings tears in my eyes. Jääkärinmarssi is important in our family, my great-grandfather was one of the brave men who trained in Germany and came over the ice to start our way to becoming an independent country.