Kristian Ostergaard

Kristian Østergaard or Kristian Ostergaard (February 5, 1855 – October 9, 1931) was a Danish-American Lutheran pastor, educator, author and hymnwriter.

Biography

Kristian Østergaard was born on 5 February 1855 in Volstrup near Hjerm, Denmark, to farmer Peder Davidsen (Østergaard) and Maren Pedersdatter. Ostergaard immigrated to the United States in 1878 and taught at the Danish Folk High School in Elk Horn, Iowa. He went back to Denmark, where he founded a folk high school in Støvring, before returning again to the United States in 1892. He became a Lutheran pastor and was affiliated with multiple congregations.

Following his retirement from the ministry, Ostergaard wrote fiction about Danish immigrants in the United States. He also published songbooks: Børnesangbogen (1898) and Den dansk-amerikanske Højskolesangbog (1901). A poetry collection was published in 1912 as Sange fra Prærien. Ostergaard wrote the hymn Den Sag er aldrig i Verden tabt, which was translated into English by Jens Christian Aaberg as That Cause Can Never Be Lost Nor Stayed. Ostergaard died on October 9, 1931, in Tyler, Minnesota, and was buried at the Danebod Lutheran Cemetery.

Selected works

References

  1. ↑ The Scandinavian Immigrant Writer in America Archived 2018-12-24 at the Wayback Machine (Dorothy Burton Skardal. Norwegian-American Historical Association. Volume 21: Page 14)
  2. ↑ "Biografi: Østergaard, Kristian". Den Danske Salmer. Retrieved December 25, 2015.
  3. 1 2 "Kristian Østergaard". Dansk Biografisk Leksikon. Retrieved December 25, 2015.
  4. ↑ Kristian Ostergaard 1855-1931 (Cyber Hymnal)[permanent dead link]
  5. ↑ Kristian Ostergaard's A Merchant's House (John Mark Nielsen, University of Nebraska-Lincoln)
  6. ↑ That Cause Can Never Be Lost Nor Stayed (Cyber Hymnal)[permanent dead link]
  7. ↑ Hymns and Hymnwriters of Denmark (Christian Classics Ethereal Library)
  8. ↑ Richard W. Adams. "Kristian Østergaard". Hymntime.com. Archived from the original on March 4, 2016. Retrieved December 25, 2015.
  9. ↑ Richard W. Adams. "Jens Christian Aaberg". Hymntime.com. Archived from the original on March 4, 2016. Retrieved December 25, 2015.
  10. ↑ The Cross Church at Danebod (Danebod Lutheran Church) Archived 2015-06-21 at the Wayback Machine