1904–2001

Introduction

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Born: Au­gust 26, 1904, Bjerk­reim, Ro­ga­land, Nor­way.

Died: Feb­ru­ary 27, 2001, Aker Hos­pi­tal, Os­lo, Nor­way.

Buried: After a fun­er­al in Sin­sen Church, Os­lo, Bjerkr­heim was bur­ied in Lø­ken Ce­me­te­ry, Hø­land, Akers­hus, Nor­way, where he grew up.

Biography

Bjerkrheim wrote about 15,000 songs and po­ems.

He trans­lat­ed a num­ber of hymns from Eng­lish to Nor­we­gian, and ma­ny of his own works have been trans­lat­ed in­to oth­er lan­guag­es.

Sources

Lyrics

Translations