Olle Widestrand

Swedish parish-musician, teacher, and composer (1932–2018)

Olle Widestrand
Born	(1932-07-09)July 9, 1932
Died	March 25, 2018(2018-03-25) (aged 85) Jönköping, Sweden
Genres	children's songs, Christian hymns
Occupation(s)	parish-musician, teacher, composer

Musical artist

John Olof "Olle" Widestrand (9 July 1932 – 25 March 2018), was a Swedish parish-musician, teacher and composer. He is represented in Den svenska psalmboken 1986 with two works (number 61 and 90) and several other hymnals with one hymn. He has written several children's songs and published songbooks and educational materials for schools.^[1] He lived in the town of Jönköping until his death.

Hymns

Blott i det öppna (1986 number 90), lyrics by Britt G. Hallqvist set to music 1974 by Olle Widestrand and re-written by himself 1980
Det är advent (also known as "Ett litet barn av Davids hus) in several hymnals
Lågorna är många (1986 number 61), set to music in 1974, lyrics by Anders Frostenson.

References

^ Olle Widestrand i Libris

Lutheran hymnody

English hymnals

Christian Worship (1993)
Common Service Book (1917)
Evangelical Lutheran Hymn-Book (1912)
Evangelical Lutheran Hymnary (1996)
Evangelical Lutheran Worship (2006)
Lutheran Book of Worship (1978)
The Lutheran Hymnal (1941)
Lutheran Hymnal with Supplement (1989)
Lutheran Service Book (2006)
Lutheran Worship (1982)
ReClaim Hymnal (2006)
Service Book and Hymnal (1958)

German hymnals

In other languages

Danish	Den Danske Salmebog Guldberg's hymnal Kingo's hymnal Thomissøn's hymnal

Faroese	Sálmabók Føroya kirkju

Finnish	Siionin Virret Virsikirja

Icelandic	Passion Hymns

Norwegian	Nokre salmar (1869) Landstads kirkesalmebog (1870) Psalmebog for Kirke og Hus (1873) Landstads reviderte salmebok (1924) Nynorsk salmebok (1925) Salmer 1973 Norsk Salmebok (1985) Salmer 1997 Norsk salmebok 2013

Spanish	Culto Cristiano

Swedish	Swenske songer (1536) Een liten Songbook (in Swedish, 1553) Den svenska psalmboken (1695) Den svenska psalmboken (1819) Hemlandssånger (in Swedish, 1891) Den svenska psalmboken (1937) Den svenska psalmboken (1986)