John G. Matteson

John G. Matteson (born Johan Gottlieb Mathiasen; May 1, 1835 – March 30, 1896) was a Seventh-day Adventist minister, evangelist, teacher, and missionary in Scandinavia, as well as a musician who edited and published the first Danish-Norwegian songbook.

Matteson was born in Tranekær, Langeland, Denmark in 1835 to Hans C. and Karen Sonia Johanson Mathiason.

Even though he came from a poor family, he was given a good education in literature and music.

Two years after starting work as a postal clerk, he immigrated to the United States in 1855 with his parents and two sisters and made their home in New Denmark, Wisconsin.

[1] Halfway through his third year at Union College, he became sick and went to live with his son in Southern California, hoping to get better.