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Frans Michael Franzén (9 February 1772 – 14 August 1847) was a Swedish-Finnish poet and clergyman. He served as the Bishop of the Diocese of Härnösand.
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| Short Name: | Frans Michael Franzén |
| Full Name: | Franzén, Frans Michael, 1772-1847 |
| Birth Year: | 1772 |
| Death Year: | 1847 |
Franzén, Franz Michael, was born at Uleabôrg, Finland, in 1772, and educated at the University of Abo, where he became Librarian and Professor of Literary History. He was subsequently Minister at Kumla, Orebro, Sweden, and then of Santa Clara, in Stockholm. He was consecrated Bishop of Hernosand, in 1841, and died there in 1847. (See Supplement to Longfellow's Poets and Poetry of Europe.) Of his pieces one is in English common use. It begins "Jesum haf i ständigt minne," translated by Mrs. Charles in her Christian Life in Song, 1858, p. 250, as "Jesus in Thy memory keep" (Looking unto Jesus). Usually it begins with stanza ii., "Look to Jesus, till, reviving."
--John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology, Appendix, Part II (1907)
Texts by Frans Michael Franzén (53) | As | Authority Languages | Instances |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ack, döden hafver hädanryckt | Frans Mikael Franzen (Author) | Swedish | 2 |
| Ack! vi äro alla Adams barn, O Gud! | F. M. Franzen, d. 1847 (Author) | Swedish | 2 |
| Ajar the temple gates are swinging | Frans Mikael Franzen (Author) | 3 | |
| Allt fullkomnadt är, o Jesu! och du far | Frans Mikael Franzen (Author) | Swedish | 2 |
| Anda, full af nåde | F. M. Franzen (Alterer) | Swedish | 2 |
| Around you, O Lord Jesus | Frans Michael Franzén (Author) | English | 3 |
| Awake, the watchman crieth | F. M. Franzen (Author) | English | 6 |
| Bereden väg för Herran! | Franz M. Franzen (Author) | Swedish | 5 |
| Come, O Jesus, and prepare me | Franz M. Franzen (Author) | English | 6 |
| Dawn bursts o'er death's prison | Frans Mikael Franzen (Author) | 2 | |
| Den korta stund, jag vandrar här | Franz M. Franzen (Author) | Swedish | 5 |
| Din sol går bort, men du blir när | F. M. Franzen (Author) | Swedish | 3 |
| Din spira, Jesu, sträckes ut | F. M. Franzen, d 1847 (Author) | Swedish | 4 |
| Du, som var den minstes vän | Frans Mikael Franzen (Author) | Swedish | 2 |
| Fader, ogsaa denne gang | Frans Mikael Franzen (Author) | Norwegian | 2 |
| Fridens Gud! oss frid förläna | Frans Mikael Franzen (Author) | Swedish | 2 |
| Gud, min Gud! som ville än | Frans Michael Franzen (Author) | Swedish | 2 |
| He liveth forever | Frans Mikael Franzen (Author) | English | 3 |
| Hör, Gud! ännu sin nåd dig bjuder | Frans Mikael Franzen (Author) | Swedish | 2 |
| Hvad ljus öfver griften! | Frans Mikael Franzen (Author) | Swedish | 2 |
| Hvart flyr jag för Gud och hans eniga lag! | Frans Michael Franzen (Alterer) | Swedish | 2 |
| Jag lefver och upphöjer | Frans Michael Franzen (Author) | Swedish | 2 |
| Jag tår ej se Guds dag | Frans Michael Franzen (Author) | Swedish | 2 |
| Jesu dig i djupa nöden | Frans Mikael Franzen (Author) | Swedish | 2 |
| Jesu, lär mig rätt betrakta | F. M. Franzen, d. 1847 (Author) | Swedish | 2 |
| Jesus haf i ständigt minne | F. M. Franzen, d. 1847 (Author) | Swedish | 2 |
| Jesus, in Thy memory keep | Frans Mikael Franzen (Author) | English | 2 |
| Jesus keep in memory ever | Franz Michael Franzen, 1772-1847 (Author) | English | 3 |
| Kom, o Jesu, väck mitt sinne | Franz M. Franzen (Author) | Swedish | 3 |
| Look to Jesus Christ thy Savior | Frans Mikael Franzen (Author) | 4 | |
| Look to Jesus, till reviving | Franz M. Franzen (Author) | English | 1 |
| Milde menniskornas vän | Frans Michael Franzen (Alterer) | Swedish | 2 |
| Min hvilotimma ljuder | F. M. Franzen, d. 1847 (Author) | Swedish | 2 |
| Når allt omkring mig hvilar | Frans Michael Franzen (Author) | Swedish | 3 |
| O Gud, vär broder Abels blod | Frans Mikael Franzen (Author) | Swedish | 2 |
| O Gud! vi lofve dig | Frans Michael Franzen (Alterer) | Swedish | 2 |
| O Herre Gud! gör nåd med mig | Frans Mikael Franzen (Alterer) | Swedish | 2 |
| O Jesu, än de dina | F. M. Franzen, d. 1847 (Author) | Swedish | 2 |
| O morgonrodnad! helga ljus | Frans Michael Franzen (Author) | Swedish | 2 |
| På Sinai stod Herren Gud | F. M. Franzen, d. 1847 (Author) | Swedish | 2 |
| Prepare the royal highway | Frans Mikael Franzén, 1772-1847 (Author) | English | 11 |
| Prepare the way, O Zion, Ye awful deeps, rise high | Frans Mikael Franzen (Author) | English | 21 |
| Prepare the way, O Zion, Your Christ is drawing near | Frans Mikael Franzen (Author) | English | 9 |
| Säll är den man som fruktar Gud | F. M. Franzen (Translator) | Swedish | 2 |
| S'll den som | Frans Mikael Franzen (Author) | 2 | |
| The day departs, yet Thou art near | Frans Mikael Franzén (Author) | English | 6 |
| The little while I linger here | Franz M. Franzen (Author) | English | 6 |
| The Savior is risen Light bursts from the tomb | Frans Mikael Franzen (Author) | English | 6 |
| Thine own, O loving Savior | F. M. Franzen (Author) | English | 9 |
| Thy scepter, Jesus, shall extend | Frans Michael Franzen, 1772-1847 (Author) | English | 9 |
| Til dit Hus med Takkesang | Franz M. Franzen (Author) | Norwegian | 4 |
| Vak upp, hör väkten ljuder | Frans Mikael Franzen (Author) | Swedish | 2 |
| When vesper bells are calling | Frans Mikael Franzen (Author) | 3 |
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