Background
He was born in Rasberg Parish, Skaraborg County, Sweden.
He was born in Rasberg Parish, Skaraborg County, Sweden.
He also worked in Northern China with the Fransonska Mission. He then preached at Sköfde, till he got an invitation from the Fransonska Mission to work in Northern China, where he went on January 12, 1893. He returned to Sweden on October 10, 1898.
On his way to Xinjiang he and his party were delayed for a time in Russian Turkestan because of the Boxer Rebellion.
In Kashgar, in 1902 he and Maria lost their ten-month-old daughter, Mia. After three years he returned to Sweden for rest on May 24, 1906.
His poor health was already noticeable on September 24, 1907, but he returned to Xinjiang, nobody thinking that this was the beginning of the education In Kashgar, in 1910 Maria and Albert lost their six-year-old son, Göte.
In September 1911 his health forced him to return to Sweden, where after various doctors checked him out it became certain that his days were numbered.
He lived, however, another 4 years, and died on March 11, 1915.