- Oskar Ahnfelt
Infobox Person
name = Oskar Ahnfelt
image_size = 200px
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birth_date =May 21 ,1813
Gullarp,Skåne , Sweden
death_date = death date|1882|10|22|mf=y
death_place =Karlshamn ,Blekinge ,Sweden
occupation = Hymns singer
spouse =Oskar Ahnfelt born (May 21,1813-October 22,1882) was Sweden "Spiritual Troubadour".
Ahnfelt composed the music for all of
Lina Sandell 's hymns. He was apietist and traveled overScandinavia singing her hymns, bringing with him a 10 string guitar. The state church did not like pietistic hymns and ordered Ahnfelt to sing them before King Karl XV. after hearing them, the King said, "You may sing as much as you desire in both my kingdoms". He sang them so much that Sandell's wrote, "Ahnfelt has sung my songs into the hearts of the people".Jenny Lind , the Swedish Nightingale, was also a pietist and popularized sandell'shymns in America and wherever she sang. She also financed the first edition of Ahnfelt songs, consisting mostly of Sandell's hymns. Ahnfelt died October 22, 1882 in Karlshamn, Blekinge, Sweden. He is buried in Hvilans Kyrkogård - Cemetery.External links
* [http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=6689947 Oskar Ahnfelt] at findagrave
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