![]() We’ll all turn around together so joyfully,Īnd to sign-off, another video from YouTube showing how it sounds when sung by a crowd! In this case, for the 10th birthday of Oslo Opera House. There’s also a second verse, rarely sung from what I can tell:ĭans en liten dans med den du helst vil ha!ĭance a little dance with who you want to! Wishing you from the heart all good things! Hurray for you for celebrating your birthday! Below that is a video so you can sing along:ĭanse for deg med hopp og sprett og spring, Now that you know the lyrics, it is time to sing along. And may everyone say, here is a wise one. May you spread the light of knowledge everywhere. ![]() First the Norwegian original written by Margrethe Munthe, then a rough translation into English. Happy Birthday (literally: many years) May you live (name), and many years, May you become old with white hair. Jeszcze raz Jeszcze raz Niech zyje, zyje nam. Happy Birthday in English is one of the worst songs imaginable!īut Hurra for Deg is a jolly happy clappy song, much more suited to the joyous occasion of ones birthday! Here are the lyrics. Polish Birthday Song and Polish Birthday Song Lyrics (The tune is very different from the traditional Happy Birthday song in English) Sto lat Sto lat Niech zyje, zyje nam. Friends or coworkers gathered around the birthday boy/girl in a circle and sang.Īfter hearing it over and over again over the course of my first year in Oslo, I asked a friend who looked at me aghast: “It's the Norwegian birthday song of course! Don’t you sing Happy Birthday to your friends?” Hurra for deg I first encountered this on a night out in Oslo and assumed it was some sort of drinking game. One of the cuter birthday traditions is the singing of Hurra for deg, the Norwegian birthday song. I took Mexican candy to my coworking office, which was met with confusion as it wasn't a typical Norwegian cake. In the workplace, you’re expected to bring cakes for all of your colleagues. Anyway!Ĭelebrating birthdays in Norway is not too different from the UK. Or more likely, I look 35 and one friend was merely trying to be nice. I turned the grand old age of 33! As two of my friends guessed my age at 31 and 35, I guess I look my age. Yesterday was a big day in the Life in Norway household. How to celebrate someone's birthday like a Norwegian.
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