''Stockholms Figaro'' was a

Swedish Swedish or ' may refer to: Anything from or related to Sweden, a country in Northern Europe. Or, specifically: * Swedish language, a North Germanic language spoken primarily in Sweden and Finland ** Swedish alphabet, the official alphabet used by ...

illustrated fiction Illustrated fiction is a hybrid narrative medium in which images and text work together to tell a story. It can take various forms, including fiction written for adults or children, magazine fiction, comic strips, and picture books.Sillars, Stuart ...

short lived weekly publication, published in

Stockholm, Sweden Stockholm () is the capital and largest city of Sweden as well as the largest urban area in Scandinavia. Approximately 980,000 people live in the municipality, with 1.6 million in the urban area, and 2.4 million in the metropoli ...

, between December 1844 through the end of 1847.

Albert Bonnier Albert Bonnier (October 21, 1820, in Copenhagen — July 26, 1900, in Stockholm) was a Swedish book publisher and entrepreneur. Life Albert Bonnier was the son of Gerhard Bonnier, a Jewish merchant and his wife Ester (née Elkan). Gerhard Bonn ...

was the editor and publisher. The content of ''Stockholms Figaro'' consisted mostly of poems, short stories, literary and art criticism. Each edition had about seven pages. Among the staff were

Carl August Adlersparre Carl August Adlersparre (7 June 1810 – 5 May 1862) was a Swedish count (1835), chamberlain (1838), poet, novelist and historian from the Adlersparre family. He was known under his pen name Albano. Life Carl August Adlersparre was born in Krist ...

(Albano),

August Blanche August Blanche (17 September 1811 – 30 November 1868) was a Sweden, Swedish journalist, novelist, and politician. Life August Theodor Blanche was born in Stockholm, Sweden, the illegitimate child of a servant girl and a priest. His mother even ...

, JG Carlén, M. Cramser (Caprice), JA Kiellman-Göransson (Nepomuk), GH Mellin, Johan Nybom, Oscar Patric Sturzen-Becker (Orvar Odd), V. Stålberg and Carl Anton Wetterbergh (Uncle Adam). Author describes:

Albert's long-term plan was to attract the sharpest pens in the country through periodic publishing... he launched ''Stockholm's Figaro'', a fiction writing illustrated weekly with Albert himself as editor.

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Defunct literary magazines published in Europe Defunct magazines published in Sweden Literary magazines published in Sweden Magazines established in 1844 Magazines disestablished in 1847 Magazines published in Stockholm Poetry literary magazines Weekly magazines published in Sweden {{italic title

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