Anthems and Such

[norlak]

I'm watching this Michael Moore movie right now, and in it, Joan Baez sang Finlandia. She said it was Finland's national anthem, however I've been having a hard time finding out whether or not that is true; there appears to be a number of people who say yes, but many sites say that Our Land is their national anthem

Comments

[sonatanator]

I know the Sibelius tone poem Finlandia was taken up as a de facto anthem, but that doesn't have words, and in any case was never the actual anthem. Finland was still Russian property when it was written.

[darrius842]

It sounds like a nice song and it's certainly a wonderful sentiment.