Career
He also was the first pastor of the First Swedish Baptist Church in Saint Paul, Minnesota and also a pastor of the First Swedish Baptist Church in Chicago. He started his service as a full-time preacher in 1866 and in 1868 he emigrated to Chicago, United States of America. In 1873 he founded the first Swedish speaking baptist church in Saint Paul, Minnesota (United States of America). In 1890 he returned to Sweden and became pastor in Örebro Baptist Church.
In 1892 he founded the Örebro Missionary Society and Örebro Missionary School in 1908.
When the Filadelfia Baptist church of Örebro was founded in 1897 he became its first pastor.