Donald Bergagård (born 13 February 1936 in Öckerö) is a Swedish singer, accordionist and evangelist.

In the late 1950s Bergagård was employed as a pastor in the Pentecostal congregation Elim in Örebro. After visiting Aage Samuelsen's Maran Ata meetings in Oslo in 1959, he resolved to spread the movement in Sweden, becoming one of the founders of the Maranata movement there. He founded the first Swedish Maranata congregation in Örebro in 1960.

Donald Bergagård

He was one of the founders of Maran Ata in Oslo, where he was also a pastor from 2001 to 2004. Later that year, he moved to the United States.

Donald Bergagård

Bergagård wrote the Swedish text to the song . The tune was written by Jack & Jim Elsie, under the original title I am going to a city, where the roses never fade.

Donald Bergagård

In March 1963, Bergagård led a Maran Ata meeting in Jönköping where a 13-year-old boy with diabetes was prayed for. His parents withdrew his insulin shots; the boy died a week later, drawing media attention.

Discography

1971 – Vi ska fara bortom månen

1972 – Jag tänker på staden

1977 – Gud kan

1978 – Jesus har berett en himmel

1982 – Andliga sånger & country

1983 – Min kung och jag

1984 – Paradiset väntar

1985 – Det finns en kärlek

1988 – Halleluja, Hosianna, Jesus kommer

1993 – Vid havet av kristall

1999 – Viloplats i ljusa staden

2001 – Den Gud som är på höjden, Han är också i dalen

References

External links

Maran Ata, Oslo

People from Öckerö Municipality

Swedish Pentecostal pastors

1936 births

Living people

21st-century accordionists

21st-century Swedish male singers