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Valdimar Briem

Short Name: Valdimar Briem
Full Name: Valdimar Briem, 1848-1930
Birth Year: 1848
Death Year: 1930

Born: Feb­ru­a­ry 1, 1848, Grund, Ice­land.
Died: May 3, 1930, Stó­ri-Nú­pur, Ice­land.

Briem at­tend­ed the The­o­lo­gic­al Sem­in­ary in Reyk­ja­vik, was or­dained in 1873, and in 1880 be­came pas­tor of the Stó­ri-Nú­pur par­ish, where he served for three de­cades. In 1909, he be­came vice-bi­shop of Skál­holt. The 1886 Ice­lan­dic hym­nal has 102 orig­in­al hymns by Briem, and 39 of his trans­la­tions.

Lyrics:

Hve dryalegur er Drott­inn
(How Mar­vel­ous God’s Great­ness)
Lord, Let Thy Spir­it

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TextsTunesHymnalsRecommendations
Texts by Valdimar Briem (12)sort descendingAsAuthority LanguagesInstances
Full soon will fall the winter rainValdimar Briem (Translator)English2
Good Shepherd, Thou who gavestValdimar Briem (Author)English2
How glorious is God's greatness!Valdimar Briem, 1848-1930 (Author)English9
I stand by the lonely breakersValdimar Briem (Author)English2
Lord, let Thy Spirit, from earthly passion weaningValdimar Briem, 1848 - 1930 (Author)English5
O Thou who madest water wineValdimar Briem (Author)English2
Oft in death's shadowy vale, like screen of nightValdimar Briem (Author)English2
This wondrous world, my God, a book I deemValdimar Briem (Translator)English2
Unto God's House in olden dayValdimar Briem (Author)English2
What though this weary earth-born flesh lie fetteredValdimar Briem (Author)English2
What time life's early morningValdimar Briem (Author)English2
When winds far-blown from realms of painValdimar Briem (Author)English2

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