death_date death_place children birth_place image_size name birth_date spouse image article_title birth_name occupation
30 march 1911 minneapolis , minnesota ten sunne , värmland 300px nils frykman 20 october 1842 betty anderdotter jonsson , m. 1869 nils frykman.jpg nils frykman
 nils larsson teacher , evangelist , hymnwriter
nils frykman

nils frykman -lrb- 1842-1911 -rrb- was a swedish teacher , evangelist and hymnwriter .
he came to the united states in 1888 and was a pastor at covenant churches in illinois and minnesota for nearly two decades .
known as `` the joyous christian singer '' , frykman wrote over three hundred hymns , many of which are still sung by worshipers in sweden and the united states .
