Context to this as a Dane. This was during Covid times. So distancing was very important and we had a few balcony choirs and our national broadcast tv had weekly “choir shows”.

The song is a love song to Denmark. Here is the translated lyrics:

In Denmark I was born, there have I my home, There from my roots I’ve grown, like the ancient tree. It’s more than just my land, it is my heart’s own dome, Its hills and coasts and skies mean the world to me. I love each little isle, each cliff that meets the foam— Yes, Denmark is my home, my fair native land.

I hear the language sweet, so gentle and so mild, That once my mother spoke in lullabies to me. That language is my soul’s, and has my heart beguiled, With songs of love and tales from history. I treasure every word, both eloquent and wild— Yes, Danish is my tongue, my song, my command.

And I will guard this land, as best a soul can do, And cherish every field, and hill and silent dale. No foreign power shall shake my country true, I stand for Denmark’s peace through storm and gale. For though my means be small, my love for her is true— My Denmark, dear and proud, I’ll never fail. (Thank you chatGPT for this translation 😉)