1857 - 1913 Author of "I know a way besieged and thronging" Melchior Falk Gjertsen (born February 19, 1847 in Kaupanger, Norway; died April 22, 1913 in Minneapolis, MN) was a Norwegian-American pastor, hymn writer, and school director. He worked as a priest in the Trinity Lutheran Church in Minneapolis, and was also director of education in the city.
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M. F. Gjertsen