Nils Frykman, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Nils Frykman

Swedish teacher, evangelist and hymnwriter, emigrated to the United States

Date of Birth: 20-Oct-1842

Place of Birth: Sunne, Värmland County, Sweden

Date of Death: 30-Mar-1911

Profession: composer, translator, preacher, hymnwriter

Nationality: Sweden

Zodiac Sign: Libra

Nils Frykman (1842-1911) was a Swedish teacher, evangelist and hymnwriter.
He came to the United States in 1888 and was a pastor at Covenant Churches in Illinois and Minnesota for nearly two decades.
Known as "the joyous Christian singer", Frykman wrote over three hundred hymns, many of which are still sung by worshipers in Sweden and the United States.