Swedish National Anthem (Orchestre national d'Île-de-France Edition)
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An arrangement of the Swedish National Anthem made for the Orchestre national d'Île-de-France.
Despite the belief that it was adopted as the national anthem in 1866, no such recognition has ever been officially accorded. A kind of official recognition came in 1893, when King Oscar II rose in honor when the song was played. In 2000, a Riksdag committee rejected a proposal to give the song official status as "unnecessary". The committee concluded that the song has been established as the national anthem by the people, not by the political system, and that it is preferable to keep it that way.