Short Name: |
Anna Ölander |
Full Name: |
Ölander, Anna, 1861-1939 |
Birth Year: |
1861 |
Death Year: |
1939 |
Ölander, Anna. (Linköping, Sweden, December 15, 1861--October 23, 1939, Linköping). Swedish Covenant. Daughter of teacher and pastor. Began to write poetry and stories at an early age. First collection, I skymningsstunden (1896) (In the Twilight Hour). Followed by three more volumes, 1906-1920. Wrote a number of original texts and translated several hymns for the first hymnal of the Swedish YMCA. In the tradition of revival, renewal, and consecration.
--J. Irving Erickson, DNAH Archives