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Note: In a book, Frykman, Hultman & Skoog, by Lund Olson and Strom, are these words: Oct 20, 1842. The Pastor of the parish scribbled the following entry in his register: "Born this day, to L. Larson and his wife Kerstin, a son." A few days later the boy was baptized and received the name Nils.
In his second year at the State Teachers' College, in Karlstad, Nils Larsson registered the surname Frykman...evidently from "Fryksdalen" where he was born. Nils graduated in 1868 from the Teachers' College.
In an Article from a newsclipping, "Covenant Unit Moves Relics to College" Paintings, letters, and furniture portraying a part of the history of the Evangelical Covenant Church of America are receiving new attention as they are being classified and placed for display in the seminary building of North Park college. The article went on to mention .. Among the objects placed in the college exhibit room are a rocker and a pulpit, belongings of the great-grandfathers of June Jacobson, a college sophomore from Rockford. The rocker once sat on the veranda of the parsonage which was the home of the Rev. Nils Frykman, a frontier Pastor in Minnesota. The Rev. Nils Frykman became known as composer of hymns such as "I Sing With Joy and Gladness." The Rev Nils Frykman was an Evangelical Covenant Church Minister.
The following notes were taken from www.pietisten.org/summer01/sightings.html Volume ZVI, Number 2 Home> Summer 2001 In an Article by Glen V. Wiberg called the Sightings in Christian Music, he tells of the translations and meanings that were Inspired by the much-loved hymn with text and music by Nils Frykman, and translated by E. Gustav Johnson. Another Hymn, "How Great the Joy" Hymn 552, was translated by Aaron Markuson and Wiberg. This Hymn refers to the first miracle of Jesus at Cana of Galilee when he turned the water into wine. Another Hymn is "The Highest Joy That Can Be Known" Hymn 533 In other notes there is another Hymn Titled, "I Have a Future All Sublime"
The Frykman Hultman Skoog Book ---- Pioneers of Covenant Musicians, by LUND, OLSON, STROM Copyright 1943 was loaned to me by Linda Daryl Frykman Woodward , daughter of Lawrence Magnus Frykman, who is the son of Victor Laurentius Frykman, who is the son of Magnus Frykman . See the relationship to the Oscar Frykman (Fryckman) Families. Son of Jan (John Larsson) Frykman Dee Frykman Fryckman granddaughter of Oscar Frykman Fryckman. . Nils Frykman arrived in Chicago on April 5, 1888, and preached his first sermon in America the following Sunday. Rev Skogsbergh had come from Minneapolis to welcome his successor, and both men preached that day. Of the over 300 Hymns that were written by Rev Nils Frykman, many were listed in different Hymnals. When Nils frykman was ready to leave Chicago, Mr. Skogsbergh, recommended him to the Salem circuit in Kandiyohi county of Minnesota. Salem was the oldest and largest of five churches . The parsonage was in Salem, and here Rev Frykman lived for 18 years. He arrived Dec 20, 1889 with his wife Hilma and nine children, Hilma and Gustaf, born in Norrkoping, Andrew, Oscar, Carl, Axel, Anna and Otto born in Sunne; Paul, born in Chicago; Victor born in Salem MN
From the Passenger Ship Geiser Apr 13, 1888, arriving in NY, Is the following: Nils Frykman age 45 Sweden Betty Frykman age 40 Hilma age 17 Bror age 15 Anders 12 Oscar age 9 Carl age 7 Anna age 3 Otto age 11 mo.
Minnesota Death Index, 1908-2002 Record about Rev. Nels Frykman Name: Rev. Nels Frykman Death Date: 30 Mar 1911 Death County: Hennepin State File Number: 016997 Certificate Number: 016997 Certificate Year: 1911 Record Number: 74220
Buried at the Lakewood Cemetery Mpls MN no longer using the Larsson with Frykman Because Nils Frykman was born with the name Larsson, I shall continue to use if for Genealogy purposes. df
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