Born: June 2, 1872, Rush­ford, Min­ne­so­ta.

Died: June 15, 1954.

Educated at St. Olaf Coll­ege and the Unit­ed Nor­we­gian Lu­ther­an sem­in­a­ry, Solberg was or­dained in 1900. He served at church­es in Ver­mill­ion and Yank­ton, South Da­ko­ta; Zi­on Evan­gel­i­cal Lu­ther­an Church, Chi­ca­go, Il­li­nois (1906-11); Beth­le­hem Church, Min­ne­a­po­lis, Min­ne­so­ta (1911-18); Ma­dison, South Da­ko­ta; and St. Paul’s, Min­ne­a­po­lis. From 1937 to 1945, he worked as an evan­gel­ist for the Evan­gel­i­cal Lu­ther­an Church.

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Hymns

  1. Ride On, Ride On, O Savior-King

Translations

  1. Dearest Jesus, Draw Thou Near Me

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