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M. B. Landstad

1802 - 1880 Person Name: Magnus B. Landstad, 1802-80 Meter: 8.8.7.8.8.7.7 Author of "Oh, Blessed Home, Where Man and Wife" in Christian Worship (1993) Magnus Brostrup Landstad (born 7 October 1802 in Måsøy, Norway and died 8 October 1880 in Kristiania) was a Norwegian minister, psalmist and poet who published the first collection of authentic Norwegian traditional ballads in 1853. This work was criticized for unscientific methods, but today it is commonly accepted that he contributed significantly to the preservation of the traditional ballads. Landstad lived with his father Hans Landstad (1771–1838) who was also a minister, first in 1806 to Øksnes, to Vinje in 1811 and to Seljord in 1819. He took a theological degree (cand. theol) in 1827, and worked after that as the resident chaplain in Gausdal for six years. After that he worked in different parishes in Telemark, Østfold before he became minister of Sandar in Vestfold in 1859. He married Wilhelmine Margrete Marie Lassen, in 1828. He is well known for introducing popular, contemporary Norwegian language into the hymns he wrote, contributing significantly to the spirit of Norwegian romantic nationalism which grew in Norway in this period. His greatest single achievement was the Landstad Hymnbook (Kirkepsalmebog), which with later revisions was used in Norwegian (bokmål) parishes from 1869 until 1985. The current official church hymnbook contains a lot of his hymns and his translations of foreign hymns. He was the cousin of Hans Peter Schnitler Krag. The Landstad-institute, which lies in Seljord, is named after him. He was a great grandfather of Magny Landstad, also a famous writer. Publications-- 1852: Norske Folkeviser. 3 vols. Christiania: C. Tönsberg, [1852-]1853. 1869: Kirkesalmebok: efter offentlig Foranstaltning. Kristiania: J. W. Cappelens Forlag, 1871 --http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ See also in: Wikipedia

August Harder

1775 - 1813 Person Name: Augustin Harder Meter: 8.8.7.8.8.7.7 Composer of "[Geh' aus mein Herz und suche Freud] (Harder)"

Hampus Wetterling

1830 - 1870 Person Name: H. Wetterling Meter: 8.8.7.8.8.7.7 Composer of "JESUS, DU MITT HJÄRTAS TRÄNGTAN" in Hymnal and Order of Service

Carolina Sandell

1823 - 1903 Person Name: Lina Sandell Meter: 8.8.7.8.8.7.7 Author of "Jesus, Thou my Heart's Desire" in Hymnal and Order of Service Caroline W. Sandell Berg (b. Froderyd, Sweden, 1832; d. Stockholm, Sweden, 1903), is better known as Lina Sandell, the "Fanny Crosby of Sweden." "Lina" Wilhelmina Sandell Berg was the daughter of a Lutheran pastor to whom she was very close; she wrote hymns partly to cope with the fact that she witnessed his tragic death by drowning. Many of her 650 hymns were used in the revival services of Carl O. Rosenius, and a number of them gained popularity particularly because of the musical settings written by gospel singer Oskar Ahnfelt. Jenny Lind, the famous Swedish soprano, underwrote the cost of publishing a collection of Ahnfelt's music, Andeliga Sänger (1850), which consisted mainly of Berg's hymn texts. Bert Polman

Johan Nordahl Brun

1745 - 1816 Person Name: J. N. Brun, 1745-1816 Meter: 8.8.7.8.8.7.7 Author of "How Blest Are They Who Hear" in Evangelical Lutheran Hymnary

Ole T. Arneson

1853 - 1917 Person Name: Ole T. Arneson, 1853-1917 Meter: 8.8.7.8.8.7.7 Author of "Oh, Blessed Home, Where Man and Wife" in Christian Worship (1993) Ole T. Arneson was born in Highland township, Winnesheik county, Iowa, May 4, 1853, to Tollef Arneson and Margrete Olson (Rudringen) Sanden, farmers. Mr. Arneson attended the common school until he was confirmed in the Lutheran church. He then took the elementary course at the state normal school, Winona, Minn., from where he graduated Dec. 31, 1871. He now commenced teaching school in his home district and later continued teaching in various places. For three years he was principal of the graded school at Spring Grove, Minn. In the spring of 1879 he moved to North Dakota and took up a homestead near Hatton, Traill county. Here he taught school part of the time while holding the claim, which he proved up in 1884 and sold in 1886, when he moved to Decorah, la. He was then employed in the mailing department of "Decorahposten" until Sept. 1887, when he accepted a position as shipping and mailing clerk with the Lutheran Publishing House. . With this institution he remained 17 years. In October 1904 he accepted a position as manager of "Skandinaven's" Book Department, of which he is still in charge. July 7, 1877, Mr. Arneson was joined in holy wedlock to Miss Inger Tobiason. From A History of the Norwegians in Illinois, compiled and edited by A. E. Strand. Published by John Anderson Publishing Company, 1905

Gerhard M. Cartford

1923 - 2016 Person Name: Gerhard M. Cartford, b. 1923 Meter: 8.8.7.8.8.7.7 Translator (English and Spanish) of "God Extends an Invitation " in Evangelical Lutheran Worship Gerhard Cartford was born in 1923. He helped to edit the Lutheran Book of Worship (1978) and wrote the liturgical chant service for the hymnal. He also translated some hymns for Libro de Litugia y Cántico and also helped edit this hymnal. He was head of the Music Department at Texas Lutheran University for 13 years Lynette (Mann) Parkhurst, former student