Per Harling

HARLING, Per. b. Bromma, Sweden, 20 June 1948. Harling is a prolific song and hymn writer as well as a composer of liturgical music and hymn tunes. He has written several books on worship life, hymn texts and biographies, including Ett ögonblick i sänder - Lina Sandell och hennes sånger (Libris, 2003). He is particularly noted for his work connected with service life reform in the Swedish church, especially as secretary for the hymnal supplement for the Church of Sweden, Psalmer i 1990-talet. Two Swedish television series on contemporary hymn singing, På psalmens vingar (‘On the wings of the hymn’) in the late 1980s, and the ten-episode documentary program Hela världen sjunger (‘The whole...