Nils Frykman

Nils Frykman 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.

Nils Larsson was born October 20, 1842 on a farm near Sunne, Vrmland. In 1866 he enrolled at a teachers college in Karlstad and took the last name of Frykman, which derived from the valley where he was born Fryksdalen. After graduating in 1868 Frykman worked as a primary schoolteacher at schools in Vrmland and stergtland.

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