• Other Authors: The Pennsylvania State University CiteSeerX Archives
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Subjects: Norway; Iceland
• Online Access: http://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/summary?doi=10.1.1.694.9523; http://hymnologi.com/nordhymn/pdf/summary.pdf

Martin Luther’s hymns in the lives of the Nordic people NordHymn is a Scandinavian network for interdisciplinary investigation of hymns and spiritual songs. In the late 1990s NordHymn initiated a research project entitled Martin Luther’s hymns in the lives of the Nordic people. The aim was to investigate the role of Luther’s hymns, not only in church life but in everyday life, also from a social, cultural and political point of view. The investigation was carried out 2002-2005 with financial subsidies, mainly from NOS-HS. The investigation project was in many ways unique. Is a very large project. Over 60 researchers in theology, musicology, literature, history, sociology, educational sciences and also some clergymen and-women have been involved. It has been a good exercise in hymnological team work. Investigators from five countries and representing eight different languages worked closely together. Different traditions of research came together. The Nordic countries make a good base for an investigation like this. All of the countries have a common history: on one hand Denmark with Norway and Iceland