Natanael Beskow
Natanael Beskow | |
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Born | Fredrik Natanael Beskow 9 March 1865 Hallingeberg, Småland |
Died | 8 October 1953 | (aged 88)
Nationality | Swedish |
Occupation(s) | Theologian, School headmaster |
Known for | writing hymns |
Spouse | Elsa Beskow (m. 1897) |
Children | 6 |
Relatives | Elisabeth Beskow (cousin) |
Fredrik Natanael Beskow (9 March 1865 – 8 October 1953) was a Swedish theologian and school headmaster. He was also active as a preacher, writer, artist, pacifist and social activist. Beskow published a number of collections of sermons. He also made substantial contributions as a hymn writer.[1]
Biography
Beskow was born in Hallingeberg, Sweden (now Västervik Municipality, Småland, Sweden). The son of a priest, Beskow graduated from secondary school in 1883 and got a degree in theological philosophy at Uppsala University in 1884.
From 1888-92, he studied at the
During this time he worked as an artist, and earned a degree in practical theology in 1895. In 1896 he accepted an invitation from the previous year to become a preacher in Djursholm, which was being built at the time. Beskow never wholeheartedly agreed with the Swedish church's profession of faith, and was never ordained as a minister.[2]
In 1912, with Ebba Pauli, he founded Birkagården, the first of Sweden's so-called "settlements" (hemgård); Beskow was director of Birkagården from 1912-46. He was headmaster of the boarding school (folkhögskola) at Birkagården from 1916-30, as well as honorary doctorate of theology at Lund University in 1918, and president of the Swedish Association for Christian Social Life (Förbundet för kristet samhällsliv), which he established, from 1918-43.[1]
Beskow was a radical pacifist. He was also involved with the campaign for
Vänlighet är kärlekens småmynt att användas i de dagliga utgifterna.
("Kindness is love's loose change, to be used for daily expenses.")— Natanael Beskow
Works—a selection
- Predikningar, 1901
- Till de unga, 1904, 5th edition 1920
- För det dagliga livet, 1904-1906
- Det kristna livet, 1908
- Ett är nödvändigt, 1913
- Enhet i mångfald, 1916
- Predikningar och föredrag i Birkagården 17-18, 1918
- Fader vår, 1919
- Predikningar 1919-1920, 1920
- På salighetens berg, 1921
- Ett martyrfolk i det tjugonde århundradet (about the Armenian genocide), 1921
- Jesu liknelser, 1922
- Evigheten och ögonblicket, 1924
- Kristus och människan, 1926
- I Palestina och Syrien, 1926
- Sanningens väg, 1929
- Inför Människosonen, 1930
- Arbetarrörelsens bildningsideal, 1930
- Guds rike, 1931
- Evigt liv, 1932
- Armeniska flyktingar av idag, 1936
- Nutidsmänniskan och religionen, 1935
- I passionstiden, 1937
- Den kristna människan i världskrisen, 1937
- Vägen, 1939
- Är kristendomen räddningen?, 1939
- Han som kommer, 1940
- Ljuset lyser i mörkret, 1942
- Den heliga striden, 1943
- Kristet samhällsliv - idé och handlingsprogram, 1943
- »... så ock på jorden», 1944
- Psalmer och andra dikter, 1944
- Kunskapsbildning och själsbildning, 1947
- Gudomligt och mänskligt, 1950
- Tillkomme ditt rike, 1952
- En dag har börjat, 1954
References
- ^ a b c Natanael och Elsa Beskow: studier och minnesbilder (2 extended ed.). Stockholm: Norstedt. 1965.
- ^ a b Pauli, Ebba (1924). "F Natanael Beskow". Svenskt biografiskt lexikon (in Swedish). Vol. 04. Stockholm: National Archives of Sweden. p. 85. Retrieved 4 October 2015.