
The Icelandic anthem is called Lofsongur ou song of praise. There are several versions of the lyrics in French, this one comes from the official website of the anthem.
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Almost 10% of the Icelandic population will be at the Stade de France this evening to sing, with their players, this hymn to the glory of God before starting their quarter-final match against France.
O God of Iceland! O God of Iceland!
We sing your name, your thousand times holy name.
The cohorts of time make you a crown
suns of the endless firmament.
Before you a single day is like a thousand years,
and a thousand years one day, O Lord,
a flower of eternity, on the trembling Iceland,
who worships his God and then dies.
O thousand years of Iceland,
a flower of eternity, on the quivering moor,
who worships his God and then dies.
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