Den svenska psalmboken (1819)

[1] The hymnbook was "approved and confirmed by the king" on 29 January 1819,[2] but was not introduced for exclusive use throughout the country by one collective decision.

From 1921 it was used together with a supplement, Nya psalmer [sv], which included hymns by revivalists Lina Sandell and Carl Olof Rosenius.

[1][3] The hymnal was in that sense the work of one man, as over half of the hymns were written or adapted by archbishop Johan Olof Wallin (1779–1839),[4] but other poets such as Frans Michael Franzén (1772–1847) and Erik Gustaf Geijer (1783–1847) were also involved.

Its content and style have been described as "on the border of the Age of Enlightenment and the Romantic Era.

"[6] Other collections of hymns and songs during this period included selections from the 1819 hymnal, sometimes with only certain verses included, such as in the Swedish Evangelical Mission's Sionstoner [sv] (1889) and the Stockholms söndagsskolförenings sångbok [sv] (Stockholm Sunday School Association's hymnal; 1882).