Introduction

Biography

Hultman’s fa­mi­ly emi­grat­ed to Am­eri­ca in 1869, set­tling in Il­li­nois.

At age 16, he be­came a preach­er, and from 1906 on, worked as a Chris­tian sing­er in Swe­den and Am­eri­ca. He was called the Sun­shine sing­er. In all, he wrote mu­sic for some 500 hymns.

Works

• Cymbalen (Chi­ca­go, Il­li­nois: Mis­sions-Män­nens Ex­pe­di­tion, 1885)
• Jubelklangen, with And­rew Skoog (Min­ne­ap­olis, Min­ne­so­ta: Skoog & De­Lan­der, 1896)
• Solskenssånger (Stock­holm, Swe­den: Sven­ska Mis­sions­för­bund­ets Bok­för­lag, 1910–39)
• Nya Sols­kens­strål­ar (Chi­ca­go, Il­li­nois: J. A. Hult­man & Son, 1927)