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Ernst William Olson
| Short Name: | Ernst W. Olson |
| Full Name: | Olson, Ernst W. (Ernst Wilhelm), 1870-1958 |
| Birth Year: | 1870 |
| Death Year: | 1958 |
Ernst W. Olson (b. Skane, Sweden, 1870; d. Chicago, IL, 1958) prepared the English translation for the 1925 Hymnal of the Lutheran Augustana Synod. As editor, writer, poet, and translator, Olson made a valuable contribution to Swedish-American culture and to church music. His family immigrated to Nebraska when he was five years old, but he spent much of his life in the Chicago area. Educated at Augustana College, Rock Island, Illinois, he was editor of several Swedish-American newspapers and spent most of his professional career as an editor for the Augustana Book Concern (1911-1949). Olson wrote History of the Swedes in Illinois (1908). He also contributed four original hymns and twenty-eight translations to The Hymnal (1925) of the Evangelical Lutheran Augustana Synod and served on the committee that produced the Lutheran Service Book and Hymnal (1958).
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Texts by Ernst W. Olson (35) | As | Authority Languages | Instances |
|---|---|---|---|
| A refuge and a dwelling place | E. W. Olson (Author) | 1 | |
| A voice, a heavenly voice I hear | Ernst W. Olson, 1870 - 1958 (Translator, Stanza 3 ) | English | 4 |
| All hail to thee, O blessed morn | E. W. Olson (Translator) | English | 13 |
| Behold, by sovereign grace alone | Ernest William Olson (Author) | English | 6 |
| By Thy Cross, O Christ, and passion | Ernst William Olson, 1870 - 1958 (Translator, Stanza 2 ) | English | 1 |
| Children of the heavenly Father | Ernst William Olson (Translator) | English | 61 |
| Come, O Jesus, and prepare me | E. W. Olson (Author) | English | 4 |
| Come, O sinner, all is ready | E. W. Olson (Author) | 3 | |
| From peaceful slumber waking | E. W. Olson (Translator) | English | 2 |
| Glorious Yuletide, glad bells proclaim it | Ernest W. Olson (Author) | 7 | |
| God of peace, in peace preserve us | Ernst William Olson, 1870 - 1958 (Author) | English | 3 |
| Heavenly light, benignly beaming | E. W. Olson (Author) | 1 | |
| I'm near the grave where'er I | E. W. Olson (Author) | 2 | |
| In triumph our Redeemer | Ernst W. Olson, 1870-1958 (Translator) | English | 2 |
| Jerusalem, lift up thy voice | Ernst W. Olson (Translator) | English | 5 |
| Jesus, in my walk and living | E. W. Olson (Author) | 3 | |
| Jesus, let my final rest | Ernest William Olson (Author) | 3 | |
| Lord, disperse the mists of error | E. W. Olson (Author) | 1 | |
| Lord, thou source of all perfection | E. W. Olson (Author) | 1 | |
| Merciful Savior, come and be my comfort | Ernst W. Olson, 1870-1958 (Adapter) | 1 | |
| Mine eyes unto the mountains | Ernst William Olson (Author) | English | 6 |
| Mute are the pleading lips of him | E. W. Olson (Author) | English | 6 |
| Now hail we our Redeemer | Ernst Wilhelm Olson (Translator (into English)) | English | 5 |
| Nuestro Padre celestial A sus hijos los protege | Ernst W. Olson (Tr. al inglés) | Spanish | 3 |
| Nuestro Padre en los cielos | Ernst W. Olson (Traducción al inglés) | Spanish | 2 |
| O Jesus Christ, thou bread of life | E. W. Olson (Author) | 3 | |
| O Lord, give heed unto our plea | E. W. Olson (Author) | English | 3 |
| Praise the Lord, each tribe and nation | Ernst W. Olson (Translator) | English | 3 |
| The Savior is risen Light bursts from the tomb | Ernst W. Olson, 1870-1958 (Translator) | English | 4 |
| The sign of the cross I triumphantly bear | Ernst W. Olson (Author) | English | 4 |
| Thine agony, O Lord, is o'er | E. W. Olson (Author) | 2 | |
| Thy sacred word, O Lord, of old | E. W. Olson (Translator) | English | 2 |
| Unto the Lord of all creation | E. W. Olson (Author) | 3 | |
| Who have found so safe a station | E. W. Olson (Author) | 3 | |
| With God and his mercy, His Spirit and Word | Ernst W. Olson, 1870-1958 (Translator) | English | 4 |
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