Jack Donald Lennart Bergagård (13 February 1936 – 29 September 2026) was a Swedish singer, accordionist and evangelist.
Life and career Jack Donald Lennart Bergagård was born in Öckerö on 13 February 1936. 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.
He was one of the founders of Maran Ata in Oslo, where he was also a pastor from 2001 to 2004.Verdistrid i Maran Ata-menigheten. VG Verdens Gang, 28 August 2004 Later that year, he moved to the United States.
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.
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.Lindorm, Per-Erik (ed.), Panorama 1963, page 102-103.Svensk allmän årsbok. När Var Hur 1964, page 66. ISSN 0347-3333
Bergagård died on 29 September 2026, at the age of 90.
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
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External links Maran Ata, Oslo