Jag lyfter ögat mot himmelen explained

"Swedish: Jag lyfter ögat mot himmelen|italics=no"
Native Name Lang:	sv
Genre:	Hymn
Text:	by Johan Ludvig Runeberg
Language:	Swedish
Melody:	Oskar Lindberg (1917) Rudolf Lagi (1867)

"" 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 "".^[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.

Publication

• Virsikirja (1886)
• Number 158 in Svensk söndagsskolsångbok (1908) under the heading .
• Number 162 in Lilla Psalmisten (1909) under the heading .
• Number 223 in Svensk söndagsskolsångbok (1929) under the heading .
• Number 515 in Den svenska psalmboken (1937) under the heading .
• Number 477 in Virsikirja (1938)
• Number 486 in Finlandssvenska psalmboken (1943)
• Nu ska vi sjunga (1943) under the heading .
• Number 678 in Frälsningsarméns sångbok (1968) under the heading .
• Number 490 in Virsikirja (1986)
• Number 492 in Finlandssvenska psalmboken (1986)
• Number 210 in Den svenska psalmboken (1986), Cecilia (1986), Psalmer och Sånger (1987), Segertoner (1988) and Frälsningsarméns sångbok (1990) under the heading .
• Number 647 in Den svenska psalmboken (1986), with versions in both languages under the heading Från Finland.

Notes and References

1. Web site: Psalmdiktaren. I ord, bild och musik. Swedish. 15 January 2015. 12 January 2016. https://web.archive.org/web/20160112182905/http://www.runeberg.net/swe/b_7_t.html. dead.
2. Web site: Månadens psalm - oktober 2012. Church of Sweden. Swedish. October 2012. 15 January 2015. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20160313201702/https://www.svenskakyrkan.se/langhem/manadens-psalm---oktober-2012. 13 March 2016.