Yugoslavia

Words by: Jivan Djordjevic, Antun Mihanovic, and Simun Jenko
Music by: Davorin Jenko and Josip Runjanin
In use: 1919-1945

From the time when Yugoslavia was known as the Kingdom of the Serbs, Croats, and Slovenes until the fall of Yugoslavia to the Axis powers of the Second World War, the anthem of the kingdom of Yugoslavia consisted of a combination of the anthems of the various states making up the federation, starting with a few measures from the Serb anthem, continuing with a few lines from the Croat anthem, followed by a portion from a patriotic song of Slovenia at the time ("Naprej zastava slave"), and winding up with some lines from the Serbian anthem again. (The lines used from the Serbian anthem do not quite match what is used today by Serbia, as the lines then referred to the king (the text provided refers to King Peter II, king from 1934-1945), whereas the text today refers to the Serbian people as a whole.)

See also: Yugoslavia (1945-2004).