Mönsterås
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Mönsterås is a locality
and the seat of Mönsterås Municipality
, Kalmar County
, Sweden
with 4,744 inhabitants in 2005.
Mönsterås is associated with the Swedish poet Carl Boberg
, particularly his 1885 writing of the lyrics for the eminent hymn "O Store Gud" (or "How Great Thou Art"
by its common English title).
Urban areas in Sweden
Urban area is a common English translation of the Swedish term tätort. The official term in English, used by Statistics Sweden, is, however, locality. There are 1,940 localities in Sweden . They could be compared with census-designated places in the United States.A tätort in Sweden has a minimum of...
and the seat of Mönsterås Municipality
Mönsterås Municipality
Mönsterås Municipality is a municipality in Kalmar County, south-eastern Sweden, with its seat located in the town Mönsterås....
, Kalmar County
Kalmar County
Kalmar County is a county or län in southern Sweden. It borders the counties of Kronoberg, Jönköping, Blekinge and Östergötland. To the east in the Baltic Sea is the island Gotland....
, Sweden
Sweden
Sweden , officially the Kingdom of Sweden , is a Nordic country on the Scandinavian Peninsula in Northern Europe. Sweden borders with Norway and Finland and is connected to Denmark by a bridge-tunnel across the Öresund....
with 4,744 inhabitants in 2005.
Mönsterås is associated with the Swedish poet Carl Boberg
Carl Boberg
Carl Gustav Boberg was a Swedish poet, writer, and elected official, best known for writing the Swedish language poem of "O Store Gud" from which the English language hymn "How Great Thou Art" is derived....
, particularly his 1885 writing of the lyrics for the eminent hymn "O Store Gud" (or "How Great Thou Art"
How Great Thou Art (hymn)
"How Great Thou Art" is a Christian hymn based on a Swedish poem written by Carl Gustav Boberg in Sweden in 1885. The melody is a Swedish folk song. It was translated into English by British missionary Stuart K. Hine, who also added two original verses of his own composition. It was popularized by...
by its common English title).