The book was the Church of Norway's official hymnal until 1985, together with Nynorsk salmebok.
[3][4] Jensen delivered his Forslag til en revideret Salmebok for den norske kirke (Proposals for a Revised Hymnal for the Church of Norway) in 1915.
Starting in 1916, a committee worked on the proposed changes under the leadership of Bishop Jens Frølich Tandberg.
After the deaths of both Tandberg and Jensen in 1922, the work was carried on under the leadership of the parish priest J. H. H. Brochmann.
Landstads reviderte salmebok was finally approved for public use in 1924[6] and it was published in 1926.