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Jag lyfter ögat mot himmelen

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"Jag lyfter ögat mot himmelen"
GenreHymn
Written1857 (1857)
Textby Johan Ludvig Runeberg
LanguageSwedish
Melody
Published1886 (1886)

"Jag lyfter ögat mot himmelen" is a hymn from 1857 with lyrics by Johan Ludvig Runeberg. It was introduced to the Finnish hymnal in 1886, using an 1883 translation. In Finnish, it is called "Mä silmät luon ylös taivaaseen".[1] 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, was composed by Rudolf Lagi in 1867. The Swedish hymnal of 1986 uses music composed by Oskar Lindberg in 1917.[2] The hymn also appears twice in the Swedish hymnal of 1986.

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  1. ^ "Psalmdiktaren" (in Swedish). I ord, bild och musik. Archived from the original on 12 January 2016. Retrieved 15 January 2015.
  2. ^ "Månadens psalm - oktober 2012" (in Swedish). Church of Sweden. October 2012. Archived from the original on 13 March 2016. Retrieved 15 January 2015.