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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Arma barn, som vilse gaar | Nils Frykman (Author) | 3 | |
Burde jeg ei være glad | N. F. (Author) | Norwegian | 2 |
Den högsta lycka på vår jord | Nils Frykman (Author) | Swedish | 3 |
Det är din nåd, o Gud, som gör | Nils Frykman (Author) | Swedish | 2 |
Det er en herlig ting | Nils Frykman (Author) | Norwegian | 2 |
God, my God, in heaven above | Nils Frykman (Adapter) | English | 3 |
Gud, min Gud och fader kär | N. Frykman (Author) | Swedish | 4 |
Herlige stunder saa dyrebare | N. Frykman (Author) | Norwegian | 2 |
Herre, du som tronar | Nils 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 | |
How wonderful it is, To come in perfect bliss | Nils Frykman, 1842-1911 (Author) | English | 3 |
Hur skönt är Herrens bud | N. Frykman (Author) | Swedish | 2 |
Hur skönt att vandra på livets stig | Nils Frykman (Author) | Swedish | 2 |
Hvo som helst Kan bli' frelst | N. F. (Author) | Norwegian | 2 |
I have a friend who loveth me | Nils Frykman (Author) | English | 10 |
I have a future all sublime | Nils Frykman (Author) | English | 8 |
I sing with joy and gladness | Nils Frykman, 1842-1911 (Author) | English | 3 |
Jag är en gäst och främling här | N. F. (Author) | Swedish | 3 |
Jag har en vän, som älskar mig | Nils Frykman (Author) | Swedish | 4 |
Jeg er saa lykkelig og glad | Nils Frykman (Author) | Norwegian | 2 |
Jeg har en ven, som elsked' mig | N. F. (Author) | Norwegian | 2 |
Jesu kära brud | Nils Frykman (Author) | Swedish | 2 |
Jesu kjære brud | N. Frykman (Author) | Norwegian | 2 |
Jesus, dit navn vil jeg prise | Nils Frykman (Author) | Norwegian | 2 |
Jordens fryd saasnart forsvinder | N. Frykman (Author) | Norwegian | 2 |
Joybells are ringing, Christmas is bringing | Nils Frykman (Author) | English | 4 |
Julen är inne | N. Frykman (Author) | 3 | |
Kom till oss, o himmelska duva | N. F. (Author) | Swedish | 2 |
List, to the gospel resounding | Nils Frykman (Author) | English | 5 |
Men hvorfor ver græde | Nils Frykman (Author) | Norwegian | 2 |
Min framtids dag er lys og lang | Nils Frykman (Author) | Norwegian | 4 |
Min framtidsdag är ljus och lång | Nils Frykman (Alterer) | Swedish | 4 |
Min trældomstid er nu forbi | Nils Frykman (Author) | Norwegian | 2 |
Mitt hem är ej på jorden | N. F. (Author) | Swedish | 3 |
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 |
Our mighty God works mighty wonders | Nils Frykman (Author) | English | 6 |
Se i nødens dage | Nils Frykman (Author) | Norwegian | 2 |
Tænk, naar evighedens | Nils Frykman (Author) | Norwegian | 2 |
Tänk, när evighetens | N. Frykman (Author) | Swedish | 2 |
The highest joy that can be known | Nils Frykman (Author) | English | 5 |
Till dig, o Gud, min längtan står | Nils Frykman (Author) | Swedish | 2 |
Vak upp, min själ hans ära shung | Nils Frykman (Author) | Swedish | 2 |
Var store Gud goer stora under | Nils Frykman (Author) | 4 | |
Vår store Gud gör stora under | Nils Frykman (Author) | Swedish | 3 |
Vem som helst Kan bli frälst | N. F. (Author) | Swedish | 2 |
Vill du skaada Jesus | Nils Frykman (Author) | 2 | |
Vor store Gud gjoer store Under | N. F. (Ord af) | 1 | |
When my Lord is dear to me | Nils Frykman (Author) | English | 2 |
Whosoe'er, anywhere | Nils Frykman, 1842-1911 (Author) | 2 | |
Why should I be anxious? I have such a Friend | Nils Frykman (Author) | English | 5 |