Born: May 21, 1893, Väse Väm­land, Swe­den.

Died: No­vem­ber 13, 1974, Mi­a­mi, Flor­i­da.

Johnson’s fam­i­ly em­i­grat­ed to Amer­i­ca when he was 10 years, sett­ling in Hart­ford, Con­nec­ti­cut. He learned the craft of a print­er, but at age 30 took up stu­dies at North Park, Chi­ca­go, Il­li­nois, where he earned de­grees at the acad­e­my, coll­ege, and sem­in­ary. He went on to grad­u­ate from the Un­i­ver­si­ty of Chi­ca­go and Duke Un­i­ver­si­ty. He start­ed teach­ing Eng­lish and Swed­ish at North Park in 1931, re­main­ing there three de­cades. He al­so found time to ed­it the Swed­ish Pi­o­neer His­tor­ic­al Quar­ter­ly. His works inc­lude:

• The Swed­ish El­e­ment in Amer­i­ca, 1933 (co-ed­it­or)
• Translation of C. J. Ny­vall’s Tra­vel Mem­o­ries from Amer­i­ca, 1876
• Translation of Erik Wall­gren’s A Swed­ish-Amer­i­can Preach­er’s Sto­ry

Sources

Translations

1. God, My God, in Heav­en Above (© 1950, 1996)
2. How Beautiful, Serene and Grand (© 1950)
3. How Won­der­ful It Is (© 1950)
4. In Tenderness, Je­sus, En­fold Me
5. In Thy Temple Courts, O Father (© 1973)
6. Joy Bells Are Ring­ing
7. O Mighty God (1925)
8. Praise the Lord with Joyful Song
9. Quivering Chord Is Broken (1932)
10. Savior in Thy Love Abiding (© 1950)
11. Sing the Glad Carol of Jesus, Our Lord (© 1950)
12. Springs of Grace Are Stream­ing (© 1950)
13. Time Is as Swift as a Vanishing Dream (© 1950)
14. With My Deep­est Feel­ing