Gustaf-Otto Adelborg (28 July 1883 – 18 December 1965) was a Swedish writer. He was born in Ludgo Parish, which is now part of

Nyköping Municipality Nyköping Municipality ( sv, Nyköpings kommun) is a municipality in Södermanland County in southeast Sweden. Its seat is located in the city of Nyköping, which is containing a majority of the residents. Its southern tip in the district of Tuna ...

, became a student in 1908, studying in both

Uppsala Uppsala (, or all ending in , ; archaically spelled ''Upsala'') is the county seat of Uppsala County and the List of urban areas in Sweden by population, fourth-largest city in Sweden, after Stockholm, Gothenburg, and Malmö. It had 177,074 inha ...

and

Stockholm Stockholm () is the Capital city, capital and List of urban areas in Sweden by population, largest city of Sweden as well as the List of urban areas in the Nordic countries, largest urban area in Scandinavia. Approximately 980,000 people liv ...

. He was later employed at a second-hand bookshop in Stockholm. Adelborg resembles

Søren Kierkegaard Søren Aabye Kierkegaard ( , , ; 5 May 1813 – 11 November 1855) was a Danish theologian, philosopher, poet, social critic, and religious author who is widely considered to be the first existentialist philosopher. He wrote critical texts on ...

Carl Jonas Love Almquist Carl Jonas Love Ludvig Almqvist (28 November 1793 – 26 September 1866) was a Swedish author, romantic poet, romantic critic of political economy, realist, composer and social critic. Biography Carl Jonas Love Almqvist was born in Stockho ...

Fyodor Dostoyevsky Fyodor Mikhailovich Dostoevsky (, ; rus, Фёдор Михайлович Достоевский, Fyódor Mikháylovich Dostoyévskiy, p=ˈfʲɵdər mʲɪˈxajləvʲɪdʑ dəstɐˈjefskʲɪj, a=ru-Dostoevsky.ogg, links=yes; 11 November 18219 ...

and

Vilhelm Ekelund Vilhelm Ekelund (October 14, 1880 – September 3, 1949) was a Swedish poet. Career The works of Ekelund were influenced by Friedrich Hölderlin, Friedrich Nietzsche, and Emanuel Swedenborg. His early career was lyrical, and though not widely re ...

in having published essays with primarily psychological content and religious meditations. Among these are ''Om det personligt andliga'' (1907), ''Våga, vedervåga'' (1908) and the personal confession ''Afsides'' (1923). He criticised the Swedish academic environment in his book, ''Våga, vedervåga'' (Risk, jeopardize) published in 1908. A polemic with the Swedish writer

Fredrik Böök Martin Fredrik Böök (May 12, 1883 in Kristianstad – December 2, 1961 in Copenhagen) was a Swedish professor of literary history at Lund University, literary critic and writer. He wrote biographies and books on Swedish literature.An extensive b ...

made his writing career difficult. He published very few works; his first three are hard to read, after which he evolved a clear language in which to express his convictions with "almost childlike seriousness". Gustaf-Otto Adelborg came from a Swedish noble family,

Adelborg Adelborg is a Sweden, Swedish noble family, which consists of two different lines. The older main line is descended from the Burgess (title), burgher and brewer in Gothenburg Anders Eriksson, who died before February 1688. His son was the customs c ...

, that included some well-known members. He was the brother of

Fredrik Adelborg Fredrik Hjalmar Adelborg (18 October 1886 – 21 September 1948) was a Swedish diplomat, director, explorer, donor and author. Career Adelborg was born at Öster-Malma Castle in Ludgo, Södermanland County, Sweden, the son of captain Otto Adel ...

and

Louise Adelborg Louise Nathalie Adelborg (2 July 1885 – 9 September 1971) was a Swedish porcelain designer and textile artist. Biography Louise Adelborg was born in Ludgo, Södermanland County, Sweden, a member of the noble Adelborg family. She was the daught ...

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Svensk uppslagsbok ''Svensk uppslagsbok'' is a Swedish encyclopedia published between 1929 and 1955, in two editions. First edition The first edition was started in 1929 by ''Baltiska förlaget AB'', but publishing was taken over by ''Svensk uppslagsbok AB'' in 1 ...

'', 1929 1883 births 1965 deaths People from Nyköping Municipality Swedish spiritual writers Swedish essayists 20th-century Swedish novelists 20th-century Swedish male writers 20th-century essayists {{Sweden-writer-stub