Frans Michael Franzén

Frans Michael Franzén
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Short Name: Frans Michael Franzén
Full Name: Franzén, Frans Michael, 1772-1847
Birth Year: 1772
Death Year: 1847

Franzén, Franz Michael, was born at Uleabôrg, Finland, in 1772, and educated at the University of Abo, where he became Librarian and Professor of Literary History. He was subsequently Minister at Kumla, Orebro, Sweden, and then of Santa Clara, in Stockholm. He was consecrated Bishop of Hernosand, in 1841, and died there in 1847. (See Supplement to Longfellow's Poets and Poetry of Europe.) Of his pieces one is in English common use. It begins "Jesum haf i ständigt minne," translated by Mrs. Charles in her Christian Life in Song, 1858, p. 250, as "Jesus in Thy memory keep" (Looking unto Jesus). Usually it begins with stanza ii., "Look to Jesus, till, reviving."

--John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology, Appendix, Part II (1907)


Texts by Frans Michael Franzén (54)sort descendingAsAuthority LanguagesInstances
Ack, döden hafver hädanrycktFrans Mikael Franzen (Author)Swedish1
Ack! vi äro alla Adams barn, O Gud!Frans Mikael Franzen (Author)Swedish1
Ajar the temple gates are swingingFrans Mikael Franzen (Author)2
Allt fullkomnadt är, o Jesu! och du farFrans Mikael Franzen (Author)Swedish1
Anda, full af nådeF. M. Franzen (Alterer)Swedish1
Around you, O Lord JesusFrans Mikael Franzén, 1772-1847 (Author)English2
Awake, the watchman criethFrans Mikael Franzen (Author)English5
Bereden väg för Herran!F. M. Franzén (Author)Swedish4
Come, O Jesus, and prepare meFranz M. Franzen (Author)English5
Dawn bursts o'er death's prisonFrans Mikael Franzen (Author)1
Den korta stund, jag vandrar härFranz M. Franzen (Author)Swedish4
Din sol går bort, men du blir närF. M. Franzen (Author)Swedish2
Din spira, Jesu, sträckes utF. M. Franzen, d 1847 (Author)Swedish3
Du, som var den minstes vänFrans Mikael Franzen (Author)Swedish1
Fader, ogsaa denne gangFrans Mikael Franzen (Author)Norwegian1
Fridens Gud! oss frid förlänaF. M. Franzen, d. 1847 (Author)Swedish1
Gud, min Gud! som ville än Frans Michael Franzen (Author)Swedish1
He liveth foreverF. M. Franzen (Author)English2
Hör, Gud! ännu sin nåd dig bjuderF. M. Franzen, d. 1847 (Author)Swedish1
Hvad ljus öfver griften!Frans Mikael Franzen (Author)Swedish1
Hvart flyr jag för Gud och hans eniga lag!F. J. Franzen (Translator)Swedish1
Jag lefver och upphöjerFrans Michael Franzen (Author)Swedish1
Jag tår ej se Guds dagF. M. Franzen, d. 1847 (Author)Swedish1
Jesu dig i djupa nödenF. M. Franzen, d. 1847 (Author)Swedish1
Jesu, lär mig rätt betraktaF. M. Franzen, d. 1847 (Author)Swedish1
Jesus haf i ständigt minneF. M. Franzen, d. 1847 (Author)Swedish1
Jesus, in Thy memory keepFrans Mikael Franzen (Author)English1
Jesus keep in memory everFranz Michael Franzen, 1772-1847 (Author)English2
Kom, o Jesu, väck mitt sinneFranz M. Franzen (Author)Swedish2
Look to Jesus Christ thy SaviorFrans Mikael Franzen (Author)3
Look to Jesus, till revivingFranz M. Franzen (Author)English1
Milde menniskornas vänF. M. Franzen (Translator)Swedish1
Min hvilotimma ljuderFrans Michael Franzen (Author)Swedish1
Når allt omkring mig hvilarF. M. Franzen, d. 1847 (Author)Swedish2
O Gud, vär broder Abels blodFrans Mikael Franzen (Author)Swedish1
O Gud! vi lofve digFrans Michael Franzen (Alterer)Swedish1
O Herre Gud! gör nåd med migF. M. Franzen (Translator)Swedish1
O Jesu, än de dinaFrans Mikael Franzen (Author)Swedish1
O morgonrodnad! helga ljusFrans Michael Franzen (Author)Swedish1
På Sinai stod Herren GudF. M. Franzen, d. 1847 (Author)Swedish1
Prepare the royal highwayFrans Mikael Franzén, 1772-1847 (Author)English10
Prepare the way, O Zion, Ye awful deeps, rise highFrans Michael Franzen, 1772-1847 (Author)English22
Prepare the way, O Zion, Your Christ is drawing nearFrans Mikael Franzen (Author)English8
Säll är den man som fruktar GudFrans Michael Franzen (Alterer)Swedish1
S'll den somFranz M. Franzen (Author)1
The day departs, yet Thou art nearFrans Mikael Franzen (Author)English5
The little while I linger hereFranz M. Franzen (Author)English5
The Savior is risen Light bursts from the tombFranz M. Franzen (Author)English5
Thine own, O loving SaviorFrans Michael Franzen, 1772-1847 (Author)English8
Thy scepter, Jesus, shall extendFrans Mikael Franzen (Author)English8
Til dit Hus med TakkesangFranz M. Franzen (Author)Norwegian3
Tu queres ver unidoFrans Michael Franzén (Author)Portuguese1
Vak upp, hör väkten ljuderFrans Mikael Franzen (Author)Swedish1
When vesper bells are callingFrans Mikael Franzén (Author)2

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