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August Blanche (17 September 1811 – 30 November 1868) was a
August Blanche (17 September 1811 – 30 November 1868) was a Swedish
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journalist, novelist, and politician.
Life
August Theodor Blanche was born inStockholm, Sweden
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, the illegitimate child of a servant girl and a priest. His mother eventually married Johan Jacob Blanck, a blacksmith and the boy took his stepfather's name. A brilliant student, in 1838 he obtained a law degree
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and for a time, worked as a civil servant until taking up journalism. In the early 1840s, he began writing plays for the theater as well as translating plays from foreign languages into Swedish. By the middle of the decade, he was writing novels and short stories of intrigue, all of which met with a great deal of success.
An activist, in 1859 Blanche was elected to the Swedish Parliament
The Riksdag (, ; also sv, riksdagen or ''Sveriges riksdag'' ) is the legislature and the supreme decision-making body of Sweden. Since 1971, the Riksdag has been a unicameral legislature with 349 members (), elected proportionally and s ...
where he served until 1866. He died of unknown causes two years later, on 30 November 1868, on the way to participate in the unveiling of the statue of King Charles the XII, which he had lobbied for.
August Blanche is interred in the Norra begravningsplatsen in Stockholm.
See also
Stockholms Figaro
''Stockholms Figaro'' was a Swedish illustrated fiction short lived weekly publication, published in Stockholm, Sweden, between December 1844 through the end of 1847. Albert Bonnier was the editor and publisher.
The content of ''Stockholms Figaro ...
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