What is Lina Sandell?
{{Infobox person | name = Lina Sandell | image = Lina_Sandell.jpg | image_size = 225px | birth_name = Karolina Wilhelmina Sandell | birth_date = {{birth_date|df=yes|1832|10|3}} | birth_place = [[Fröderyd]], [[Sweden]] | death_date = {{death date_and_age|df=yes|1903|7|27|1832|10|3}} | death_place = [[Stockholm]], Sweden | occupation = hymnwriter | spouse = C. O. Berg, m. 1867 }} '''Lina Sandell''' (full name: '''Karolina Wilhelmina Sandell-Berg'''), (born 3 October 1832 in [[Fröderyd]], [[Sweden]], dead 27 July 1903 in [[Stockholm]], Sweden) was a Swedish writer of [[Christian music|Christian songs]].<ref>[http://www.ccel.org/ccel/ryden/hymnstory.txt Scandinavian Hymnody] ''ccel.org''. Retrieved: 8 May 2013</ref> She was the daughter of a [[Lutheranism|Lutheran]] minister. She grew up in the [[rectory]] at Fröderyd. When she was 26 years old she went with her father, Jonas Sandell, on a boat trip across lake of [[Vättern]]. Her father fell overboard and drowned in her presence. This incident inspired many of her songs. She wrote famous songs like ''[[Tryggare kan ingen vara]]'' and ''[[Blott en dag]]''.<ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=mPqN_R-waqUC&dq=Day+by+day+Lina+Sandell+Amazing+Grace&pg=PA20 Inspiring Hymn Stories for Daily Devotions] ''google. com''. Retrieved: 8 May 2013</ref> She was buried at the [[Solna Church]].<ref>[http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=6690008 Lina Sandell] ''findagrave. com''. Retrieved: 8 May 2013</ref> ==References== {{reflist}} {{Authority control}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Sandell, Lina}} [[Category:1832 births]] [[Category:1903 deaths]] [[Category:Swedish musicians]]