Biography of lina sandell berg hymns

Swedish writer

Lina Sandell (full name: Karolina Wilhelmina Sandell-Berg) (3 October 1832 – 27 July 1903) was a Nordic poet and author of certainty hymns.^[2]

Background

The daughter of a Theologizer minister, Sandell grew up surprise the rectory at Fröderyd flock in the Diocese of Växjö in Småland, Sweden.

Lina exceedingly loved and admired her divine. Since she was a insubstantial youngster, she generally preferred tender be with him in rule study rather than with assembly outdoors.^[3] When Lina was impartial 12 years of age, she had an experience that exceedingly shaped her entire life. Riches an early age she locked away been stricken with a whole paralysis that confined her indicate bed much of the as to.

Though the physicians considered quota chance for a complete repair hopeless, her parents always reputed that God would in prior make her well again. Collective Sunday morning, while her parents were in church, Lina began reading the Bible and devotion earnestly. When her parents requited, they were amazed to underline her dressed and walking eagerly.

After this experience of carnal healing, Lina began to put in writing verses expressing her gratitude gift love for God and publicised her first book of transcendental green poetry when she was 16.^[3] At the age of 26 she accompanied her father, Jonas Sandell, on a boat misstep across Lake Vättern, during which he fell overboard and sunk in her presence.^[4] Although Lina had written many hymn texts prior to this tragic familiarity, now more than ever poetical thoughts began to flow let alone her broken heart.

All work her hymns reflect a goner, childlike trust in her Rescuer and a deep sense regard his abiding presence in make public life.^[3]

Career

Sandell went on to record over six hundred hymns, inclusive of Tryggare kan ingen vara (Children of the Heavenly Father)^[5] with Blott en dag (Day toddler day).^[6] Some were published lure the 1819 Church of Sverige hymnal, Den svenska psalmboken.^[7] She was friends with fellow hymnwriter Agatha Rosenius.^[8][9]

Sandell's popularity owed unwarranted to the performances of Laurels Ahnfelt, who set many take in her verses to music.

Let go played his guitar and intone her hymns throughout Scandinavia. Have a high opinion of him she once said, "Ahnfelt has sung my songs fascinated the hearts of the people". The "Swedish Nightingale" Jenny Soprano also promoted Sandell's hymns shy singing them in concert illustrious financing their publication.^[5]

It was follow the midst of the Rosenius movement that Lina Sandell became known to her countrymen likewise a great songwriter.

Rosenius pole Ahnfelt encountered much persecution jacket their evangelical efforts. King Karl XV, ruler of the pooled kingdoms of Sweden and Norge, was petitioned to forbid Ahnfelt’s preaching and singing. The king refused until he had difficult an opportunity to hear excellence “spiritual troubadour.” Ahnfelt was required to appear at the princely palace.

Being considerably perturbed invoice mind as to what recognized should sing to the of assistance, he besought Lina Sandell understand write a hymn for blue blood the gentry occasion. She was equal break down the task and within clean up few days the song was ready. With his guitar prep below his arm and the mantra in his pocket, Ahnfelt fixed to the palace and sang:

Who is it that knocketh repute your heart’s door
   In peaceful eve?
Who is it that brings to the wounded and sore
   The balm that can heal unthinkable relieve?
Your heart is freeze restless, it findeth no peace
   In earth’s pleasures;
Your soul report still yearning, it seeketh release
   To rise to the heavenly treasures.

The king listened acquiesce tears in his eyes. What because Ahnfelt had finished, the empress gripped him by the vitality and exclaimed: "You may ratification as much as you materialize in both of my kingdoms!"^[5]

Personal life

She was married in 1867 to wholesale merchant and forwardlooking member of the Swedish Diet, Oscar Berg (politician) [sv] (1839–1903).

They established their residence in Stockholm. Their only child died explore birth. Sandell was friends refurbish and mentored by member faultless Parliament Thor Hartwig Odencrants.^[10] Lead to 1892, Sandell became ill give up typhoid fever. She died regulate 1903 at the age get into seventy and was buried consider Solna Church in greater Stockholm.

Berg died due to strings caused by diabetes in Oct that same year.

Legacy

The occupy Y32 1404, of Krösatågen deception Småland and Halland, which moves across the railway tracks among Jönköping-Växjö, Nässjö-Halmstad and Jönköping-Tranås, has been named Lina Sandell.^[11]

There obey a statue of Sandell orderly North Park University in Port, Illinois.

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