1. Lina Sandell was a Swedish poet and author of gospel hymns.
10 Facts About Lina Sandell
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The daughter of a Lutheran minister, Sandell grew up in the rectory at Froderyd parish in the Diocese of Vaxjo in Smaland, Sweden.
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When Lina Sandell was just 12 years of age, she had an experience that greatly shaped her entire life.
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One Sunday morning, while her parents were in church, Lina Sandell began reading the Bible and praying earnestly.
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Lina Sandell went on to write over six hundred hymns, including Tryggare kan ingen vara and Blott en dag.
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Lina Sandell's popularity owed much to the performances of Oscar Ahnfelt, who set many of her verses to music.
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Lina Sandell played his guitar and sang her hymns throughout Scandinavia.
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Lina Sandell was equal to the task and within a few days the song was ready.
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Lina Sandell was friends with and mentored by member of Parliament Thor Hartwig Odencrants.
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Lina Sandell died in 1903 at the age of seventy and was buried at Solna Church in greater Stockholm.