Short Name: | Nils Frykman |
Full Name: | Frykman, Nils, 1842-1911 |
Birth Year: | 1842 |
Death Year: | 1911 |
Born: October 20, 1842, Sunne, Värmland, Sweden (birth name: Nils Larsson).
Died: March 30, 1911, Minneapolis, Minnesota.
Buried: Lakewood Cemetery, Minneapolis, Minnesota.
Nils took the name Frykman after the region where he grew up, Fryksdalen. In 1868, he graduated from teachers’ college in Karlstad, and went on to teach in Grums, Norrköping, and Sunne. He preached in the church in Sunne, and around that time began to write hymns. Eventually, his texts were printed in the magazine Sanningsvittnet. However, Frykman’s work was not sanctioned by Sweden’s state church, and almost led to the loss of his job as a teacher. Eventually he did resign his position over a controversy about his children’s baptism by an independent preacher. In 1888, he was called to serve as pastor in the Tabernacle Church in Chicago, Illinois, and later in Salem, Minnesota. After 18 years, he retired to Minneapolis. He also served in the Northwest Mission Association of the Covenant Church, as denominational vice-chairman, Ministerial Board chairman, the Northwest Ministerial Association chairman, and as chairman of the committee to publish the Swedish-American Covenant church’s first hymnal in 1906. His works include:
The History of My Songs
--www.hymntime.com/tch
Texts by Nils Frykman (59) | As | Authority Languages | Instances |
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Vor store Gud gjoer store Under | N. F. (Ord af) | 1 | |
Burde jeg ei være glad | Nils Frykman (Author) | Norwegian | 2 |
Det är din nåd, o Gud, som gör | Nils Frykman (Author) | Swedish | 2 |
Det er en herlig ting | Nils Frykman (Author) | Norwegian | 2 |
Herlige stunder saa dyrebare | N. Frykman (Author) | Norwegian | 2 |
Herre, du som tronar | N. Frykman (Author) | 2 | |
Hör huru fridsropet skallar | N. F. (Author) | Swedish | 2 |
How beautiful, serene and grand | Nils Frykman (Author) | English | 2 |
How great the joy the Lord provides | Nils Frykman, 1842-1911 (Author) | 2 | |
Hur skönt att vandra på livets stig | N. Frykman (Author) | Swedish | 2 |
Hur skönt är Herrens bud | N. Frykman (Author) | Swedish | 2 |
Hvo som helst Kan bli' frelst | Nils Frykman (Author) | Norwegian | 2 |
Jeg er saa lykkelig og glad | Nils Frykman (Author) | Norwegian | 2 |
Jeg har en ven, som elsked' mig | Nils Frykman (Author) | Norwegian | 2 |
Jesu kjære brud | N. Frykman (Author) | Norwegian | 2 |
Jesus, dit navn vil jeg prise | Nils Frykman (Author) | Norwegian | 2 |
Jesu kära brud | Nils Frykman (Author) | Swedish | 2 |
Jordens fryd saasnart forsvinder | N. Frykman (Author) | Norwegian | 2 |
Kom till oss, o himmelska duva | N. F. (Author) | Swedish | 2 |
Men hvorfor ver græde | Nils Frykman (Author) | Norwegian | 2 |
Min trældomstid er nu forbi | Nils Frykman (Author) | Norwegian | 2 |
Nu er jeg glad og lyk'lig | Nils Frykman (Author) | Norwegian | 2 |
Nu 'r jag fr'lst och salig | Nils Frykman (Author) | 2 | |
O det är en härlig ting | Nils Frykman (Author) | Swedish | 2 |
O du, som evigt tronar där | Nils Frykman (Author) | Swedish | 2 |
O Gud, din makt oändlig är | Nils Frykman (Author) | Swedish | 2 |
O salighed, som Herren kjær | Nils Frykman (Author) | Norwegian | 2 |
Om korsets fane, lille hær | Nils Frykman (Author) | Norwegian | 2 |
Op til strid for Gud vi maa | N. Frykman (Author) | Norwegian | 2 |
Se i nødens dage | Nils Frykman (Author) | Norwegian | 2 |
Tænk, naar evighedens | Nils Frykman (Author) | Norwegian | 2 |
Till dig, o Gud, min längtan står | N. Frykman (Author) | Swedish | 2 |
Tänk, när evighetens | Nils Frykman (Author) | Swedish | 2 |
Vak upp, min själ hans ära shung | Nils Frykman (Author) | Swedish | 2 |
Vem som helst Kan bli frälst | N. F. (Author) | Swedish | 2 |
Vill du skaada Jesus | Nils Frykman (Author) | 2 | |
When my Lord is dear to me | Nils Frykman (Author) | English | 2 |
Whosoe'er, anywhere | Nils Frykman, 1842-1911 (Author) | 2 | |
Arma barn, som vilse gaar | Nils Frykman (Author) | 3 | |
Den högsta lycka på vår jord | Nils Frykman (Author) | Swedish | 3 |
God, my God, in heaven above | Nils Frykman, 1842-1911 (Author) | English | 3 |
How wonderful it is, To come in perfect bliss | Nils Frykman, 1842-1911 (Author) | English | 3 |
I sing with joy and gladness | Nils Frykman (Author) | English | 3 |
Jag är en gäst och främling här | N. F. (Author) | Swedish | 3 |
Julen är inne | Nils Frykman (Author) | 3 | |
Mitt hem är ej på jorden | N. F. (Author) | Swedish | 3 |
Vår store Gud gör stora under | N. Frykman (Author) | Swedish | 3 |
Gud, min Gud och fader kär | Nils Frykman, 1842-1911 (Author) | Swedish | 4 |
Jag har en vän, som älskar mig | N. F. (Author) | Swedish | 4 |
Joybells are ringing, Christmas is bringing | Nils Frykman (Author) | English | 4 |
Min framtidsdag är ljus och lång | Nils Frykman (Author) | Swedish | 4 |
Min framtids dag er lys og lang | Nils Frykman (Author) | Norwegian | 4 |
Var store Gud goer stora under | Nils Frykman (Author) | 4 | |
List, to the gospel resounding | Nils Frykman (Author) | English | 5 |
The highest joy that can be known | Nils Frykman, 1842-1911 (Author) | English | 5 |
Why should I be anxious? I have such a Friend | Nils Frykman, 1842-1911 (Author) | English | 5 |
Our mighty God works mighty wonders | Nils Frykman (Author) | English | 6 |
I have a future all sublime | Nils Frykman, 1842-1911 (Author) | English | 8 |
I have a friend who loveth me | Nils Frykman (Author) | English | 10 |