Son of a rector, in 1837 Wen­ner­berg be­came a stu­dent in Upp­sa­la, where he stu­died class­ic­al lang­uage, phil­o­so­phy and aes­the­tics. He par­ti­ci­pat­ed ea­ger­ly in the stu­dent life, and at this time he wrote the words and the mu­sic to Glun­tar­na, a de­script­ion of the ro­man­tic stu­dent traditions in Uppsala in the 1840’s. After a per­i­od of ill­ness and a spir­it­u­al cri­sis, he came to Christ. He com­posed mu­sic to the Psalms, and for some of Li­na San­dell’s hymns. From 1870-1875 and 1888-1891, he was Swe­den’s Min­is­ter of Ec­cles­i­as­tic­al Af­fairs. From 1875-1888 he was the po­li­tic­al lead­er of Kron­borg. When he lived in Upp­sa­la (1882-86) he al­so was a “gov­er­nor” for Prince Os­car and Prince Carl.

Sources

Music

1. Herre Utran­sa­ka Mig
2. Tilkomme Ditt Rike
3. Uppsala