Anders Abraham Grafström (10 January 1790 – 24 July 1870) was a Swedish historian, priest and poet.

Life

Grafström was born in

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, Sweden. He studied at

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, where he was enrolled in 1809 and became a master's degree in 1815. In 1819, he was the library secretary of

. The following year he was named as a lecturer in history at the university, and he later taught at the

Military Academy Karlberg Military Academy Karlberg (, MHS K) is a Swedish military academy, since its inauguration in 1792 in operation in the Karlberg Palace in Solna, just north of central Stockholm Stockholm (; ) is the Capital city, capital and List of urb ...

. In 1830 he was ordained and in 1835 he was appointed as a parish priest at

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where he lived until his death. In 1825, he received the grand prize from

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for a poem about the wedding of Crown Prince

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and was admitted into the Academy in 1839, occupying Seat 6. Grafström belonged to the literary circle centred on salon hostess.

Malla Silfverstolpe Magdalena Sofia "Malla" Silfverstolpe (''née'' Montgomery; 8 February 1782 – 17 January 1861) was a Sweden, Swedish writer and Salon (gathering), salon hostess. Her house in Uppsala was a meeting place for many prominent writers, composers ...

(1782–1861). He wrote a famous

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of poet

Frans Michael Franzén Frans Michael Franzén (9 February 1772 – 14 August 1847) was a Swedish people, Swedish-Finland, Finnish poet and clergyman. He served as the Bishop of the Diocese of Härnösand. Biography Franzén was born in Oulu (), Northern Ostrobothnia ...

. Some of Grafström's poetry was set to music by the composer Johan Erik Nordblom (1788-1848).

Personal life

He was married in 1822 to Henriette Elisabeth Franzén (1803-1833) and after her death to her half-sister Helena Sophia Franzén (1813-1891). His father-in-Law was Bishop Frans Michael Franzén (1772–1847). His daughter Sofia Elisabeth Grafström (1839-1874) married teacher and folklorist Artur Hazelius (1833–1901) . In his later years, Grafström was a vocal exponent of the expansion of the railway network into

Norrland Norrland (, , originally ''Norrlanden'', meaning 'the Northlands') is the northernmost, largest and least populated of the three traditional lands of Sweden, consisting of nine provinces. Although Norrland does not serve any administrative p ...

. He died at

, aged 80.

Bibliography

* De lingua, originis gentis Sviogothicae indice. Upsala, 1811. * Tal öfver Högstsalig Hans Majestät Konung Carl XIII, hållet på Gustavianska Lärosalen i Upsala, den 6 maj 1818. Stockholm, 1818. * De Statu Rerum Sveciarum ad Mortem Ingialdi Illråda Dissertatio Historica. (Beteiligt Petrus Ephraim Oldberg und Johannes P. Bosén). Dissertation Upsala 1820. * De reformatione religionis christianae post Lutherum continuata. Upsala, 1829. * Skalde-försök. Stockholm, 1826–1832. * Ett år i Sverige. Stockholm, 1827-35 (Ed. Christian Didrik Forssell). * Sånger från Norrland. Stockholm, 1841. * Nya sånger från Norrland. Stockholm, 1848. * Samlade skaldestycken. Stockholm, 1864.

References

1790 births 1870 deaths People from Sundsvall Writers from Västernorrland County Swedish male poets Swedish-language poets Members of the Swedish Academy Uppsala University alumni 19th-century Swedish poets 19th-century Swedish male writers {{Sweden-writer-stub