Lijepa naša domovino

English: Our Beautiful Homeland
National Anthem of	Croatia
Lyrics	Antun Mihanović, 1835
Music	Josif Runjanin, 1846
Adopted	1991
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Lijepa naša domovino ("Our Beautiful Homeland") is the national anthem of Croatia. It was the anthem of the Socialist Republic of Croatia, and became that of the Republic of Croatia upon the declaration of independence in 1991.

The original lyrics were written by Antun Mihanović and first published under the title Horvatska domovina ("Croatian homeland") in 1835. The music was composed by Josip Runjanin in 1846.

The complete song was reportedly scored and harmonized by Vatroslav Lichtenegger in 1891, and it was first performed as the Croatian anthem in the same year, under the title "Lijepa naša". Since then it has come to be known under the slightly longer present title and a few minor adjustments have been made to the lyrics.

Between 1918 and 1941, Lijepa naša domovino was performed together with Bože pravde (the anthem of Serbia) and Naprej zastava slave (then the anthem of Slovenia) as the national anthem of the Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes, later Yugoslavia.

Official lyrics

External links

• The Government of the Republic of Croatia has an audio site with vocal and instrumental versions of the Anthem.
• The Croatian Ministry of Foreign Affairs also has an information website on the anthem with sound files of it.

References