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Valdimar Briem › Hymnals

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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