sentences:  At 35 years of age, during studies in Lund, he was imprisoned for his radical profession of faith, and remained a prisoner for 42 years, 32 years of which was in Bohus Fortress, where he died, 77 years old.Sometimes he was visited at the castle by Lutheran priests, who told him he could be freed immediately, if only he denounced his radical-pietistic beliefs.He always answered calmly that he had promised Jesus to be faithful until the end.