Bellman, Carl Michael b. February 4, 1740 d. February 11, 1795 Poet. Lived a poor and hard life in Stockholm, which is reflected in his ballads. This poor life meant coming i debt, and he struggled to get his music published. But his luck changed, and he was to get the Swedish king Gustav III to become his benifactor. Many came to see and hear Bellman perform, and his reputation as an entertainer and poet spread. In 1790 his work ”Fredmans Epistlar” (Fredman´s Epistles”) was published, and the year after, ”Fredmans sånger”. The content of these epistles...[Read More] (Bio by: Peter Robsahm) Klara Kyrkogård, Stockholm, Jamtlands Lan, Sweden
Lenngren, Anna Maria b. June 18, 1754 d. March 8, 1817 Poet. She was born in Uppsala and educated by her father, a university lecturer. Anna Maria began to write poetry at an early age and to translate plays and operas for King Gustav III of Sweden. At the age of 23 she was already famous and was accepted into “Utile Dulci,” a cultural elite society in Stockholm. She married Carl Lenngren, editor of the daily newspaper Stockholmsposten and wrote many articles for it anonymously over the years. The couples’ address in central Stockholm became a...[Read More] (Bio by: Björn Haglund) Klara Kyrkogård, Stockholm, Jamtlands Lan, Sweden
b. February 4, 1740 d. February 11, 1795