How Great Thou Art

Sven Harald Koch sings How Great Thou Art. How Great Thou Art is a Christian hymn based on a Swedish traditional melody and a poem written by Carl Boberg (18591940) in Mönsterås, Sweden, in 1885. It was translated into German and then into Russian. It was translated into English from the Russian by English missionary Stuart K. Hine, who also added two original verses of his own. It was popularised by George Beverly Shea and Cliff Barrows during the Billy Graham crusades. It was voted the United Kingdom s favourite hymn by BBC s Songs of Praise. How Great Thou Art was ranked second (after Amazing Grace ) on a list of the favourite hymns of all time in a survey by Christianity Today magazine in 2001.