Mitt ljus

Jag vandrar igenom skuggornas land

Author: A. L. Skoog
Tune: [Jag vandrar igenom skuggornas land]
Published in 2 hymnals

Author: A. L. Skoog

Skoog, Andrew L. (Gunnarskog, Sweden, December 17, 1856 [sic]--October 30, 1934, Minneapolis, Minnesota). Evangelical Covenant. Son of pietists. Tailor's apprentice at 10. Family emigrated to St. Paul, Minn., when Andrew was 13. Only formal music training was 12 lessons on a melodeon. Organist, choir director, and Sunday School superintendent in Swedish Tabernacle, Minneapolis, 1886-1916. Co-editor of hymnals: Evangelii Basun I & II, 1881-1883; Lilla Basunen, 1890; and Jubelklangen, 1896. Was in editorial committee of Covenant's first three hymnals: Sions Basun, 1908; De Ungas Sångbok, 1914; and Mission Hymns, 1921. Editor and publisher of Gittit 1892-1908, a monthly choir journal with music; a series of ten bound volumes of choir selectio… Go to person page >

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First Line: Jag vandrar igenom skuggornas land
Title: Mitt ljus
Author: A. L. Skoog
Language: Swedish
Refrain First Line: Stora ljus, sköna ljus
Copyright: Public Domain

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De Ungas Sångbok #81

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Nya Psalmisten #400

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