Sep­tem­ber 20, 1863, Swe­den.

June 18, 1949, Man­ka­to, Min­ne­so­ta.

Emigrating to Amer­i­ca in 1883, Nel­son init­ial­ly worked as a farm la­bor­er. He earned a de­gree from Gus­tav­us Adolph­us Col­lege in 1890, did grad­u­ate work at Yale Un­i­ver­si­ty, grad­u­at­ed from Au­gus­ta­na Sem­in­ar­y, and was or­dained in 1898. He served as a Lu­ther­an min­is­ter in Es­ca­na­ba, Mi­chi­gan; Wau­k­egan, Il­li­nois; New Haven, Con­nec­ti­cut; Ma­nis­tique and Thomp­son, Mi­chi­gan; and Clear Lake and Gib­bon, Min­ne­so­ta. He served on the board of Up­sa­la Col­lege, New Jer­sey (1904-6), as sec­re­ta­ry of the Su­per­ior Con­fer­ence of the Au­gus­ta­na Sy­nod for nine years, and on the board of ed­u­ca­tion (1922-4).

• Erickson, p. 356

1. Jesus, Lord and Pre­cious Sav­ior
2. Praise the Lord, Each Tribe and Na­tion
3. Praise the Sav­ior, Now and Ev­er
4. Prepare the Way, O Zi­on!
5. Strait Is the Gate to All That Come