Nils took the name Fryk­man af­ter the re­gion where he grew up, Fryks­dal­en. In 1868, he grad­u­at­ed from teach­ers’ col­lege in Karl­stad, and went on to teach in Grums, Norrkøping, and Sunne. He preached in the church in Sunne, and around that time began to write hymns. Even­tu­al­ly, his texts were print­ed in the mag­a­zine Sanningsvittnet. How­ev­er, Fryk­man’s work was not sanc­tioned by Swe­den’s state church, and al­most led to the loss of his job as a teach­er. Even­tu­al­ly he did re­sign his po­si­tion over a con­tro­ver­sy about his child­ren’s bap­tism by an in­de­pen­dent preach­er. In 1888, he was called to serve as pas­tor in the Ta­ber­na­cle Church in Chi­ca­go, Il­li­nois, and later in Sa­lem, Min­ne­so­ta. Af­ter 18 years, he re­tired to Min­ne­a­po­lis. He al­so served in the North­west Mis­sion As­so­ci­a­tion of the Co­ve­nant Church, as de­nom­in­a­tion­al vice-chair­man, Min­is­ter­i­al Board chair­man, the North­west Min­is­ter­i­al As­so­ci­a­tion chair­man, and as chair­man of the com­mit­tee to pub­lish the Swed­ish-Amer­i­can Cov­e­nant church’s first hymn­al, in 1906. His works in­clude:

• The His­to­ry of My Songs

Sources

Hymns

1. Det är en härligting
   • How Wonderful It Is
2. Den Högsta Lycka
   • Highest Joy, The
3. Fröjdas Vart Sinne
   • Joy Bells Are Ringing
4. Gud, Min Gud och Fader Kär
   • God, My God, in Heaven Above
5. Heavenly Voice, The
6. Hem det går
   • How Beautiful, Serene and Grand (© 1950)
7. Jag har en vän, som älskar mig
   • I Have a Friend Who Loveth Me
8. Jag skulle ej sörja
9. Jesus dig kalla
10. Min framtidsdag är ljus och lång
    • My Future
11. Uti nödens timma
12. ’Vår store Gud gör stora un­der
    • God’s Mighty Wonders
13. Vem som helst kan bli frälst