I have been dilatory in my responsibility to provide you with Sissel Christmas videos on this blog. Here is the greatest singer in the world in concert in Iceland, doing what I believe is her favorite song, a Swedish Christmas hymn called “Mitt Hjerte Altid Vanker” (My Heart Always Wanders).
No, it’s “My Heart is Filled With Wonder,” written by Norwegian Lutheran Hans Brorson (who also wrote Thy Little Ones, Dear Lord, Are We and Behold a Host, among others). It has been translated by Dr. Gracia Grindal, and we are introducing it in our ELS church this Christmas Day. Evidently it has become the most popular Christmas hymn in both Norway and Sweden. Brorson is “the Christmas poet” of Norway.