O Zion acclaim your Redeemer

Author: Erik Nystroem

Nystroem, Johan Erik. (Stockholm, Sweden, September 8, 1842--July 3, 1907, Algeria). Swedish Covenant and Baptist. Uppsala University, Ph.D. 1866. Taught at Bethel Seminary. Compiled a Bible concordance 1868. In 1878 went to Beirut as a missionary under the Evangelical Alliance. Missionary to Algeria under the Swedish Covenant 1887-1907. Greatest contribution was translating hymns from English to Swedish, especially the Sankey songs. These were published in ten parts between 1875 and 1886 under the title Sånger till lammets lof. Worked on the first hymnal of the Swedish Covenant. --J. Irving Erickson, DNAH Archives Go to person page >

Translator: E. Gustav Johnson

Born: May 21, 1893, Väse Vämland, Sweden. Died: November 13, 1974, Miami, Florida. Johnson’s family emigrated to America when he was 10 years old, settling in Hartford, Connecticut. He learned the craft of a printer, but at age 30 took up studies at North Park, Chicago, Illinois, where he earned degrees at the academy, college, and seminary. He went on to graduate from the University of Chicago and Duke University. He started teaching English and Swedish at North Park in 1931, staying there three decades. He also found time to edit the Swedish Pioneer Historical Quarterly. His works include: The Swedish Element in America, 1933 (co-editor) Translation of C. J. Nyvall’s Travel Memories from America, 1876 Translatio… Go to person page >