<P> `` How Great Thou Art '' is a Christian hymn based on a Swedish traditional melody and a poem written by Carl Gustav Boberg ( 1859 -- 1940 ) in Mönsterås , Sweden in 1885 . It was translated into German and then into Russian and became a hymn . It was translated into English from the Russian by English missionary Stuart K. Hine , who also added two original verses of his own . The composition was set to a Russian melody . 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 Today 's Christian magazine in 2001 . </P>
<P> `` How Great Thou Art '' is a Christian hymn based on a Swedish traditional melody and a poem written by Carl Gustav Boberg ( 1859 -- 1940 ) in Mönsterås , Sweden in 1885 . It was translated into German and then into Russian and became a hymn . It was translated into English from the Russian by English missionary Stuart K. Hine , who also added two original verses of his own . The composition was set to a Russian melody . 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 Today 's Christian magazine in 2001 . </P>
who wrote o lord my god when i in awesome wonder
who wrote o lord my god when i in awesome wonder
Carl Gustav Boberg
Carl Gustav Boberg