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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 (52) | As | Authority Languages | Instances |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ack, döden hafver hädanryckt | Frans Mikael Franzen (Author) | Swedish | 2 |
| Ack! vi äro alla Adams barn, O Gud! | Frans Mikael Franzen (Author) | Swedish | 2 |
| Ajar the temple gates are swinging | Franz M. Franzen (Author) | 3 | |
| Allt fullkomnadt är, o Jesu! och du far | Frans Mikael Franzen (Author) | Swedish | 2 |
| Anda, full af nåde | F. M. Franzen (Alterer) | Swedish | 2 |
| Around you, O Lord Jesus | Frans Michael Franzén (Author) | English | 3 |
| Awake, the watchman crieth | Franz M. Franzen (Author) | English | 6 |
| Bereden väg för Herran! | Franz M. Franzen (Author) | Swedish | 4 |
| Come, O Jesus, and prepare me | Franz M. Franzen (Author) | English | 6 |
| Dawn bursts o'er death's prison | Franz M. Franzen (Author) | 2 | |
| Den korta stund, jag vandrar här | Frans Mikael Franzen (Author) | Swedish | 5 |
| Din sol går bort, men du blir när | F. M. Franzen (Author) | Swedish | 3 |
| Din spira, Jesu, sträckes ut | Franz M. Franzen (Author) | Swedish | 4 |
| Du, som var den minstes vän | Frans Mikael Franzen (Author) | Swedish | 2 |
| Fader, ogsaa denne gang | Franz M. Franzen (Author) | Norwegian | 2 |
| Fridens Gud! oss frid förläna | F. M. Franzen, d. 1847 (Author) | Swedish | 2 |
| Gud, min Gud! som ville än | Frans Michael Franzen (Author) | Swedish | 2 |
| He liveth forever | Frans Mikael Franzen (Author) | English | 3 |
| Hör, Gud! ännu sin nåd dig bjuder | F. M. Franzen, d. 1847 (Author) | Swedish | 2 |
| Hvad ljus öfver griften! | F. M. Franzen, d. 1847 (Author) | Swedish | 2 |
| Hvart flyr jag för Gud och hans eniga lag! | F. J. Franzen (Translator) | Swedish | 2 |
| Jag lefver och upphöjer | Frans Michael Franzen (Author) | Swedish | 2 |
| Jag tår ej se Guds dag | F. M. Franzen, d. 1847 (Author) | Swedish | 2 |
| Jesu dig i djupa nöden | Frans Mikael Franzen (Author) | Swedish | 2 |
| Jesu, lär mig rätt betrakta | Frans Mikael Franzen (Author) | Swedish | 2 |
| Jesus haf i ständigt minne | F. M. Franzen, d. 1847 (Author) | Swedish | 2 |
| Jesus, in Thy memory keep | Frans Mikael Franzen (Author) | English | 2 |
| Jesus keep in memory ever | Franz Michael Franzen, 1772-1847 (Author) | English | 3 |
| Kom, o Jesu, väck mitt sinne | Franz M. Franzen (Author) | Swedish | 3 |
| Look to Jesus Christ thy Savior | Frans Mikael Franzén (Author) | 4 | |
| Look to Jesus, till reviving | Franz M. Franzen (Author) | English | 1 |
| Milde menniskornas vän | F. M. Franzen (Translator) | Swedish | 2 |
| Min hvilotimma ljuder | F. M. Franzen, d. 1847 (Author) | Swedish | 2 |
| Når allt omkring mig hvilar | F. M. Franzen, d. 1847 (Author) | Swedish | 3 |
| O Gud, vär broder Abels blod | Frans Mikael Franzen (Author) | Swedish | 2 |
| O Gud! vi lofve dig | Frans Michael Franzen (Alterer) | Swedish | 2 |
| O Herre Gud! gör nåd med mig | F. M. Franzen (Translator) | Swedish | 2 |
| O Jesu, än de dina | F. M. Franzen, d. 1847 (Author) | Swedish | 2 |
| O morgonrodnad! helga ljus | Frans Michael Franzen (Author) | Swedish | 2 |
| På Sinai stod Herren Gud | F. M. Franzen, d. 1847 (Author) | Swedish | 2 |
| Prepare the royal highway | Frans Mikael Franzén, 1772-1847 (Author) | English | 11 |
| Prepare the way, O Zion | Franz M. Franzen (Author) | English | 28 |
| Säll är den man som fruktar Gud | Frans Michael Franzen (Alterer) | Swedish | 2 |
| S'll den som | Franz M. Franzen (Author) | 2 | |
| The day departs, yet Thou art near | Franz M. Franzen (Author) | English | 6 |
| The little while I linger here | F. M. Franzen (Author) | English | 6 |
| The Savior is risen Light bursts from the tomb | Frans Mikael Franzen (Author) | English | 6 |
| Thine own, O loving Savior | Frans Michael Franzen, 1772-1847 (Author) | English | 9 |
| Thy scepter, Jesus, shall extend | Franz M. Franzen (Author) | English | 9 |
| Til dit Hus med Takkesang | Franz M. Franzen (Author) | Norwegian | 4 |
| Vak upp, hör väkten ljuder | Frans Mikael Franzen (Author) | Swedish | 2 |
| When vesper bells are calling | Franz M. Franzen (Author) | 3 |
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