Carl Nielsen

Jeg ved et lille Himmerig

I know a little paradise

CNW 180
CNUCarl Nielsen Udgaven (The Carl Nielsen Edition. Royal Danish Library: Copenhagen 1998–2009) III/4, 65
CNSCarl Nielsens Samling (The Carl Nielsen Collection, Royal Danish Library, Copenhagen) 174
FSDan Fog & Torben Schousboe: Carl Nielsen kompositioner. En Bibliografi. København 1965. 83

Author: N.F.S. Grundtvig

Carl Nielsen Edition (Editorial Texts)

Composition: Between 1914 and 1915.

The hymn was probably composed in 1914 or 1915 and was later included in Salmer og aandelige Sange (CNW Coll. 10). As with several other of these hymns, Nielsen gave them a 'trial run' at a public concert before they appeared in print.

jeg ved et lille Himmerig

I know a little paradise