Arvid August Afzelius
Arvid August Afzelius (Script error: No such module "IPA".; 8 October 1785, in FjällåkraTemplate:Snd2 September 1871, in Enköping) was a Swedish pastor, poet,[1] historian and mythologist.
Historical background
From 1828 till his death he was parish priest of Enköping. He is mainly known as a collaborator with the learned historian, Erik Gustaf Geijer, in the great collection of Swedish folk-songs, Svenska folk-visor från forntiden, 3 vols (Stockholm, 1814–1817).[1][2]
He also published translations of the Poetic Edda and Hervarar saga, and a history of Sweden to Charles XII (of which a German translation was published in 1842), as well as original poems.[2]
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- 1785 births
- 1871 deaths
- People from Falköping Municipality
- Writers from Västra Götaland County
- Swedish male poets
- Swedish male writers
- Swedish folk-song collectors
- Swedish musicologists
- 19th-century Swedish poets
- 19th-century Swedish male writers
- 19th-century Swedish musicians
- Translators of the Poetic Edda
- 19th-century Swedish translators
- Musicians from Västra Götaland County