Born: Ap­ril 17, 1879, Go­then­berg, Swe­den.

Died: Au­gust 2, 1957, Min­ne­a­po­lis, Min­ne­so­ta.

Carlson was ed­u­cat­ed at the Free Church Bi­ble School, Chi­ca­go, Il­li­nois, and North­west Bi­ble Coll­ege, Storm Lake, Io­wa. He served as a pas­tor in the Evan­gel­ic­al Free Church, and ed­it­ed the Chi­ca­go­blad­et. The au­thor of ma­ny orig­in­al hymns and trans­la­tions, his works in­clude:

• Songs of Trust and Tri­umph (three edi­tions, 1929-32)

Sources

Translations

1. Consecrated to Thy Service (© 1932)
2. He the Pear­ly Gates Will Open
3. Lion of Judah, The (© 1929)
4. Love Divine, So Great and Wondrous