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Jag lyfter gat mot himmelen
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Wikipedia article
'Jag lyfter gat mot himmelen' is hymn with lyrics by Johan Ludvig Runeberg, 1857. It was introduced to the Finnish hymnals in 1886, using an 1883 translation. In Finnish, it's called "M silmt luon yls taivaaseen". The hymn also appears twice in the Swedish hymnal of 1986.
The music used in the Finnish hymnals, and for the Finnish-language hymnals in Sweden, is composed by Rudolf Lagi in 1867. The Swedish hymnal of 1986 uses music composed by Oskar Lindberg in 1917. The hymn also appears twice in the Swedish hymnal of 1986.
Publication
*Virsikirja 1886
*Number 158 in Svensk sndagsskolsngbok 1908 under the lines "Bne- och lovsnger".
*Number 162 in Lilla Psalmisten 1909 under the lines "Bnesnger".
*Number 223 in Svensk sndagsskolsngbok 1929 under the lines "Barndoms- och ungdomstiden".
*Number 515 in 1937 rs psalmbok under the lines "Barn"
*Number 477 in Virsikirja 1938
*Number 486 in Finlandssvenska psalmboken 1943
*Nu ska vi sjunga, 1943, under the lines "Andra vackra snger och visor".
*Number 678 in Frlsningsarmns sngbok 1968 under the lines "Barn och ungdom".
*Number 490 in Virsikirja 1986
*Number 492 in Finlandssvenska psalmboken 1986
*Number 210 in Den svenska psalmboken 1986, 1986 rs Cecilia-psalmbok, Psalmer och Snger 1987, Segertoner 1988 and Frlsningsarmns sngbok 1990 under the lines "Bnen"
*Number 647 in Den svenska psalmboken 1986, with two language-versions under the lines "Frn Finland".
References
Category:1886 songs
Category:Finnish Christian hymns
Category:19th-century hymns
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