Ap­ril 17, 1879, Go­then­berg, Swe­den.

Au­gust 2, 1957, Min­ne­a­po­lis, Min­ne­so­ta.

Carlson was ed­u­cat­ed at the Free Church Bi­ble School, Chi­ca­go, Il­li­nois, and North­west Bi­ble Coll­ege, Storm Lake, Io­wa. He served as a pas­tor in the Evan­gel­ic­al Free Church, and ed­it­ed the Chi­ca­go­blad­et. The au­thor of ma­ny orig­in­al hymns and trans­la­tions, his works in­clude:

• Songs of Trust and Tri­umph (three edi­tions, 1929-32)

• Hustad, p. 217

1. Consecrated to Thy Ser­vice © 1932
2. He the Pear­ly Gates Will Open
3. Lion of Ju­dah, The © 1929
4. Love Di­vine, So Great and Won­drous