Lina Sandell
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| Lina Sandell | |
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 birthname: Karolina Wilhelmina Sandell
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| Born |  October 3, 1832Fröderyd, Småland, Sweden |
| Died | July 27, 1903 Stockholm, Sweden |
| Occupation | Gospel hymns singer |
| Spouse | C.O. Berg 1867 |
Lina Sandell born (October 3, 1832 - July 27, 1903) was Sweden Gospel hymns singer.
Born Karolina Wilhelmina Sandell aka Karolina Wilhelmina Sandell-Berg in a rectory at Fröderyd, Småland, Sweden. at the age 26, she went with her father Jonas Sandell, a Lutheran pastor of the lutheran church in Fröderyd on a boat trip across Lake Vättern to Göteborg, during which he fell overboard and drowned before her eyes. The tragedy affected lina which inspired her to write hymns. She had written hymns and poured out her broken heart in an endless stream of beautiful songs. Oskar Ahnfelt played his guitar and sang Lina hymns throughout Scandanavia. she once said that Ahnfelt sang her songs "Into the hearts of the people". Even Jenny Lind the world famous concert vocalist visited factories and sang lina's beautiful hymns. Sandell is known as the Fanny Crosby of Sweden. In 1867 Lina married C.O.Berg a Stockholm Merchant. she continued to initial her hymns "L.S". Sandell wrote 650 hymns. Sandell died July 27,1903 in Stockholm, Sweden. she is buried in Solna Kyrkogård - Cemetery, Solna, Stockholmn Län, Sweden.
[edit] External link
- Lina Sandell at findagrave
