It has been evoked by many different groups, including during the occupation of Norway by Nazi Germany, when an arrest order was issued on the deceased Sivle.
[1] Sivle's poem, titled "Vi vil os et Land -", was published in the poetry collection Bersøglis- og andre Viser from 1895.
[7] The opening words of the poem are reportedly written on the tombstone of Liberal Party politician Johannes Steen,[8] and are also engraved in a portal on an avenue leading to the Eidsvoll Building, where the nationalist-symbolic Constitution of Norway was drafted and signed.
[9] During the occupation of Norway by Nazi Germany, Vi vil oss et land was the name of one of the first anti-Nazi illegal newspapers, written among others by Olav Gjærevoll, Gunnar Sønsteby and Max Manus.
[10][11][12] A rendition of the poem was staged in 1940 by theatre director Henry Gleditsch, who ended up being killed by the Nazis.