"Ja, vi elsker dette landet" ( [ˈjɑː ʋiə̯ ˈɛ̝̀ls̪kə ˈɖɛ̝̀tːə ˈl̪ɑ̀nːə] ; 'Yes, we love this country') is the Norwegian title and incipit of a 19th-century patriotic song written in 1859 by Nobel Prize laureate Bjørnstjerne Bjørnson, and composed by his cousin Rikard Nordraak in 1863. This song has officially served as the national anthem of Norway since December 2019, though it has been considered a "de facto" anthem of Norway for roughly a century and a half alongst "Sønner av Norge" and "Norges Skaal".