The Finnish Honorary march / Porilaisten marssi.

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Porilaisten marssi (Swedish: Björneborgarnas marsch, 'March of the people from Pori') is the honorary march of the Finnish Defence Forces since 1918, composed by an unknown composer in the 18th century. The original text was written in Swedish by the Finnish national poet Johan Ludvig Runeberg in his epic poem The Tales of Ensign Stal. The most commonly used Finnish translation was written by Paavo Cajander in 1889, along with Cajander's translation of The Tales of Ensign Stal. The name of the march refers to Pori Brigade.

Porilaisten marssi is the honorary march of the Finnish Defence Forces and is played (only rarely sung) for the Commander-in-Chief, i.e. the President of Finland. The President has, although, the right to delegate this position to another Finnish citizen; the only time this has occurred was during the World War II, when Marshal Carl Gustaf Emil Mannerheim acted as Commander-in-Chief instead of then-President Risto Ryti. Thus, Ryti is the only President of Finland not to have been Commander-in-Chief at any point of his two terms (1940-1944).Traditionally, Porilaisten marssi is played in radio or television every time a Finnish athlete wins a gold medal in Olympic games. It is also played on Christmas Eve during the Declaration of Christmas Peace ceremony, which has caused minor controversy due to the violent lyrics of the march it is, as mentioned, Declaration of Christmas Peace, and the lyrics seem to be a bit pro-war, even though the lyrics are not sang on the occasion.

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[IcyViking]

Nice vid, where did you get the picture at 1:14 the one with 1 lion and 2 bears?

[matheona]

@IcyViking Thanks.The emblem is historical.The time when Finnland was under governing russian Tzars.Have a nice times and say my Hallo to Finnland I love this country God bless you! Yours matheona

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[karuke01]

Nice. It's also Estonian honorary march, with different words of course. In Estonian we call it "Porilaste marss" (also available on youtube).

[dimapez]

@wallgrenmikael there are at least two sets of lyrics in English, on eby me and snother one by someone else, provided here in Youtube about "porilasiten marssi", or björneborgarnas marsch, I suggest you check the English Wikipedia articke abou the march, it provides lyrics written in English: en.wikipedia(remove this part).org/wiki/Porilaisten_mar­ssi

[wallgrenmikael]

Is there any place where the lyrics is written, in best case both in swedish/finish or even in English? I tried to find any youtube where they sing the marsch, but I failed. The lyrics is quite special... It is a remainder of the huge importance the "easter part of the country" (östra rikshalvan) played during centuries for Sweden...

[TheAlmightyPiePower]

Nice :)