Christian Cyclopedia

(1802–80). B. Maasö, Finmarken, Norw.; educ. Christiania (Oslo); vicar Gausdal; pastor Kviteseid, Seljord, Frederikshald, and Sande; poet; interest in folk songs influenced his hymns. Hymns include “I Know of a Sleep in Jesus' Name”; “When Sinners See Their Lost Condition”; “O Blessed Home Where Man and Wife”; “Lo, Many Shall Come from the East and the West”; other works include Kirkesalmebog.