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M. Hoehn

Person Name: M. Höhn Author of "Mit dem Herrn ist es gediehen" in Gesangbuch der Evangelischen Gemeinschaft

1783 - 1849 Person Name: Samuel J. Hedborn Author of "Psalm 29" in The Covenant Hymnal Samuel Johan Hedborn, born 14 October 1783 in Kolstad, Heda parish in Östergötland, died 26 December 1849 in Assjö rectory in Askeryds parish, Jönköping in Småland, was a Swedish writer, wise and hymn writer. Hedborn was born in a soldier in the village Kolstad out on Östgötaslätten and had all his youth and first study in Linköping and then at Uppsala University 1806 - in 1809 a struggle against poverty, was ordained last year. After his ordination, he was first a curate in Östergötland same year, teachers in Stockholm in 1812 and extraordinary court preacher in 1815. In Uppsala and Stockholm , he became good friends with many Swedish romantic, including Atterbom, which also had its roots in Östergötland and northern Småland. Hedborn became one of the Aurora League's founders and helped in Phosphoros and Poetic calendar, where he published a number of poems, some of which Lullaby (Ute summer breeze blowing) is probably his best known. 1810-14 Hedborn suffered from depression, which at times made him unable to attend to his duties. During this time he developed into religious poet and published two collections of Psalms (1812-13). After a long silence gathered Hedborn his poems in memory and poetry, beginning of an autobiography, which is mostly about his childhood. Samuel Johan Hedborns collected writings were published with biography of Per Daniel Amadeus Atterbom in two bands in 1853. He was vicar in his mother's home parish Askeryd in Linköping diocese from 1820 until his death, where Hedborn also is buried at Askeryds church during a cast iron cross. Hedborn is represented in the 1986 hymnal with original texts of five works (No 120, 132, 329, 347 and 391) and processing/translation of a hymn (No. 104). He is buried in Askeryds cemetery east of Aneby. --sv.wikipedia.org/wiki

J. F. Monnier

1749 - 1813 Person Name: J. F. Monnier, 1749-1813 Author of "Nous Voulons Par Nos Cantiques" in The Cyber Hymnal

N. Forsander

Author of "Tack, o Gud, att du mig tagit" in Lutherförbundets Sångbok

Herman H. Brueckner

1866 - 1942 Person Name: H. Brueckner Translator of "Christians, Keep Your Banners Waving" in American Lutheran Hymnal Born: March 11, 1866, Grundy County, Iowa (birth name: Herman Heinrich Moritz Brueckner). Died: January 25, 1942, Hebron, Nebraska (funeral held in Beatrice, Nebraska). Buried: St. Paul’s Lutheran Cemetery, Waverly, Iowa. After ordination in 1888, Brueckner pastored in Illinois, Michigan, Kentucky, and Wisconsin. He later moved to Iowa City, Iowa, and received his Bachelor of Arts degree from Iowa State University in 1917. In 1926, he joined the faculty of Hebron College in Nebraska. In 1938, Wartburg Seminary, Dubuque, Iowa, conferred an honorary Doctor of Divinity degree on him. He retired as professor emeritus from Hebron College in 1941. Sources: Erickson, p. 254 Findagrave, accessed 14 Nov 2016 Hustad, p. 213 Stulken, p. 325 © The Cyber Hymnal™. Used by permission. (www.hymntime.com)