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Originally Posted by Groin Redbeard
Who cares, the question is did you get the girl! 
By the way what does that mean? Is that it "You old, you free?" |
yep that is the direct translation. . . one could also translate it "Thou ancient, thou free"
The funny thing is that this song was not written about Sweden at all, it was part of Scandinaviasm/Nordism and is about the lovelieness of the north. Only latter was verse added that mention Sweden as such.
Norways national antheme also talk about "Three Brothers" (Denmark, Norway, Sweden), but neither the danish royal antheme or the danish national antheme mentions the other countries.