My name is Mogens Lemvig Hansen. Here I am with my wife, Lily Yen, and our children, Kristian, Justine, and Nikolaj. We all live in North Burnaby which is a suburb of Vancouver on the Pacific coast of Canada, if you are from out-of-town.

Lily and I tutor mathematics and physics in small classes for a living. Lily is also teaching part time at Capilano College.

The Danish Lutheran Church in Vancouver has published a new hymnal of English translations of Danish hymns. I spent a lot of time on that project typing all the music and being the TeXpert in residence. To keep me working in the church after that they made me vice president of the board for four years, and now I have become the webmaster as well.

I have had great fun translating a few Danish hymns:

1. Do not despise the days of small things! by Grundtvig.
2. O Jesus, source of love and care by Thomas Kingo.
3. Are you downhearted, dearest friend by Grundtvig.
4. It is delightful to share a road by Grundtvig.
5. Wake up and let your strings be sounding by Thomas Kingo.
6. The last stanza of The country lies in deep repose by B.S. Ingemann.

I always did like verse. I was therefore delighted to find Hans Christian Andersen’s proof of Pythagoras’s theorem.

I am now also co-captain in our local Block Watch group. The fancy title implies that I get to deliver the quarterly newsletter to my neighbours.

You can contact me by phone at 604.320.0809 or by using this form:

Last revised December 29th, 2007.