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Anders Fryxell 1852

Anders Fryxell (born February 7, 1795 in Edsleskog , Åmål municipality , † March 21, 1881 in Stockholm ) was a Swedish historian .

Fryxell studied at Uppsala University , was ordained as a clergyman in 1820, and received his PhD from Uppsala University in 1821. In 1823 he began to publish his popular and popular Swedish history (Berättelser ur svenska historien, stories from Swedish history), which he continued with a total of 46 volumes until 1879 and which covered the period up to the reign of Adolf Friedrich . After his death Otto Sjögren wrote three more volumes, which appeared from 1891 to 1893 and the time of Gustav III. and Gustav IV Adolf treated.

His Swedish grammar was published in 1824. Because of his works, he received the title of professor in 1833 and became pastor of Sunne near Karlstad in 1835 , but received permission from his bishop in 1847 to devote himself only to writing and research.

In 1834 he became a member of the Kungliga Vitterhets Historie och Antikvitets Academies , in 1840 the Svenska Academies and in 1847 the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences . After his death, his daughter published a literary autobiography from the estate in 1884 .

Works

Translations

  • Life of Gustaf II Adolf, King of Sweden . From the Swedish of And. Fryxell translated after the second edition and provided with the necessary comments by T [inette] Homberg. Hinrichs, Leipzig. Original title is 6th part in Beraettelser ur svenska historien .

literature

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Even Robert Nisbet Bain wrote in 1895 in his biography of Charles XII, New York, Putnam's, p VII, to represent Fryxell about this period of history. This entertaining but prejudiced and uncritical work Should be used very cautiously
personal data
SURNAME Fryxell, Anders
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Swedish historian
DATE OF BIRTH February 7, 1795
PLACE OF BIRTH Edsleskog , Åmål municipality
DATE OF DEATH March 21, 1881
Place of death Stockholm