Axel Hambræus

Axel Edward Hambræus (born January 1, 1890 in Nora , † February 22, 1983 in Orsa , Kopparbergs län ) was a Swedish writer and pastor.

Life

Hambræus was born in 1890 as the eldest son of the organist Axel Edvard Hambræus and his wife Maria Johansson. Gustav Ragnar Hambræus, born a year later, later became a bank director in Stockholm . Axel Hambræus studied theology in Uppsala , went as a young pastor to Leksand , then to Siljansnäs and a short period in Arborga, finally in 1916 with his wife Berta Melander (1881–1962) to Orsa . On May 25, 1919, their son Gunnar was born there, who later became an engineer and u. a. worked as a technical advisor to the Swedish Embassy in Washington, DC and for the International Atomic Energy Agency . Hambraeus was vicar in the parish of Orsa from 1942 to 1957 and contract propst in Rättvik from 1950 to 1957 .

plant

As a writer, Hambræus wrote both children's and adult literature. He took the motifs of his books from his childhood in the Västmanland mining area and in Dalarna.

In 1953 he published the novel The Pastor of Uddarbo , which was based on the life of the raftsman Oscar Leonard Sjödin. Because of his poor education, he had to fight for a long time to become a pastor, but had an unstoppable thirst for action. Hambræus also described its use in a new church. The novel was filmed in 1957 with Max von Sydow in the leading role.

The novel Marit contains the fight of a woman for her farm near Lake Orsa , whose husband is missing, and who has to fight her way back from Gothenburg to Dalarna with three children .

The son of an organist also composed folk and chamber music .

reception

Especially the Roman Pastor of Uddarbo is quoted several times by theologians in the German-speaking area. For example, one takes up his quote from the greatest miracle that God does in human hearts: "It happens when we open our hearts to help our neighbor in internal or external need - through the spirit of God's love" .

The pastor of Uddarbo , Marit , Anneli and the Christmas stories saw a number of new editions in Christian publishers, which lasted until the 1980s. Many of Axel Hambræus' stories were published in collections by this publisher during the late 1950s, such as B. In For tired eyes of the Christian publishing house in Constance or Eight Pages of Joy by the Rufer publishing house in Gütersloh.

Works

Swedish

• Himlabågen. Berättelser för söndagsskolan och hemmet, 1930
• Kopparbågen. Verklighetsskildringar, 1931
• Männniskobarn. Berättelser och upplevelser, 1933
• Mästare i tonernas värld. En samling musician portrait, 1933
• Kyrkan sjunger. Dikter av Axel Hambraeus m.fl. 1934
• Gunhild. 1934
• Det spelar och sjunger. En berättelsebok. 1936
• Vårblom. 1936
• Källorna vid vägen. Små ärniskoskildringar. 1937
• Från fjäll och gata. 1937
• I julstuga och sommarsal. 1938
• De två riddarborgarna. En historia från gamla tider berättad för ungdom. 1939
• Vandring och vila. Noveller. 1940
• Det hands i Uppsala 1541. En pojkhistoria om en märkvärdig bok. 1941
• Mauritz i Mosstorpet and andra barnhistorier. 1941
• När hjärtat brinner. 1942
• Live it up. En berättelsebok. 1944
• Vildmark och rosengård. Consultants. 1945
• En adjunkt i Leksand och andra historier. 1946
• Gråa stugor, gyllne slott. 1947
• Glädjens väktare. Consultants. 1948
• Marit. Histories om en tapper dalakvinna. 1949
• Organ Tratan. A sock trunk in Orsa på 1840-talet. Krönikespel till Moramässan. 1949
• Sagan om de första julklapparna (Med färgådda och slungsten) 1950.
• Grim and Irina. En historia om Vite Krist och folket i Dalarnes land. 1951
• Skärvor och helhet. Några ord till mina medmänniskor. 1952
• Med ljus och lykta. Noveller. 1952
• Prästen i Uddarbo. Sången om en vän. 1953
• När Jussuf red till Jerusalem och andra små historier. 1953
• Spel-Jerkers saga och andra historier. 1954
• Per-Magnus bygger. 1955 novel
• Näverkonten. Consultants. 1956
• Anneli Bergsmansdotter. 1958
• Julros och slåtterblomma. Noveller. 1959
• En kvinna for till Halldal. Novel. 1960
• Annelis son. 1961
• The stora glädjen och andra noveller. 1962
• Finnmark and fäbod. Skisser ur Hans Vasenius' minnesbok. 1963
• Myren blommar. 1964
• Myrens hey. 1965
• Myren Brinner. En sommarfantasi. 1967
• Sjung min fiol. Noveller. 1967
• Aino vildmarksflickan. 1969
• Vandringspräst. 1970
• Vid stacking in blocks. Noveller. 1972

In German translation

• The pastor in Uddarbo: A friend's song. Translated by Alfred Otto Schwede , (1st edition Zurich 1954) Berlin 1960, ISBN 3-7655-3696-2 (Swedish: Prästen i Uddarbo - Sången om en vän)
• People in the Christmas light. 5 Swedish Christmas stories. Zwingli Verlag, Zurich 1955.
• Per-Magnus builds ( Per-Magnus bygger ). Translated from the Swedish by Friedrich Peter. Zwingli Verlag, Zurich 1956.
• The great joy: 6 Christmas stories. Translated from Swedish by Charlotte Lilius, Zwingli Verlag, Zurich 1957.
• Anneli ( Anneli Bergmansdotter ). Translated from Swedish by Günther Reubel and Thea Staedtler, Zwingli Verlag, Zurich 1958.
• Grim and Irina ( Grim och Irina ). Translated from Swedish by Günther Reubel and Thea Staedtler, Christliche Verlags-Anstalt, Konstanz 1958.
• Stories from Dalarne. 10 stories. Selected from Swedish and translated by Ilse Meyer-Lüne , Zwingli Verlag, Zurich / Stuttgart 1959.
• The Burgvogt von Hohenwart ( De tva riddarborgarna ) Translated from the Swedish by Thea Staedtler, Christliche Verlags-Anstalt, Konstanz 1958.
• String play of life. Translated from Swedish by Günther Reubel and Thea Staedtler, Christliche Verlags-Anstalt, Konstanz 1961.
• Marit: The story of a brave Dalekarlierin. Translated by Alfred Otto Schwede, Berlin 1962 (Swedish: Marit. Historien om en tapper dalakvinna).
• The seven annoyances and other stories. Translated from Swedish by Günther Reubel and Thea Staedtler, Claudius Verlag, Munich 1963.
• A woman went to Halldal ( En kvinna for till Halldal ). Translated by Alfred Otto Schwede, Evangelische Verlags Anstalt, Berlin-Ost 1963.
• Journey with apostle horses. Legends. Translated from Swedish by Günther Reubel and Thea Staedtler, Claudius Verlag, Munich 1964.
• Christmas guests ( Julgästerna ). Siebenstern Taschenbuch Verlag, Munich / Hamburg 1965.
• The moor is in bloom: From the life of a pastor in the wilderness ( The Sennhütte on the Fyriberg = Finnmark och fäbod ; The moor is blooming = Myren blommar ) Translated into German by Ilse Meyer-Lüne, Flamberg Verlag, Zurich / Stuttgart 1965.
• The Honey Man: Stories from Children. Translated from Swedish by Günther Reubel and Thea Staedtler, Claudius Verlag, Munich 1966.
• Calixtus: Stories of Life. Translated from Swedish by Günther Reubel and Thea Staedtler, Claudius Verlag, Munich 1967.
• Our heart is restless ( Myrens hear ) Flamberg Verlag, Zurich / Stuttgart 1967.
• With the eyes of the heart: stories. Translated from the Swedish by Gerda Neumann. Claudius Verlag, Munich 1969.

Pieces of music

• Musician. Sju små preludier (for organ).
• O, huru stilla. Sång för en roast med piano. 1924
• Melodier from Skattungbyn. 1928
• Tre gamla Orsalåter. (Music handwriting).
• Elegi, violin, piano , op.17 .

literature

• Jörgen Dicander: Axel Hambraeus advises om sitt liv. In: Kväll hours. No. 49, Årgång 68/2006.

Web links

• Literature by and about Axel Hambræus in the catalog of the German National Library
• Axel Hambræus - den kulturella mångsysslaren ( Memento from February 8, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) on the website of the Swedish municipality of Orsa (Swedish)
• Bibliography dicander.com

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Hambræus, Gustaf Ragnar. In: Gunnar Pravitz (Ed.): Vem är vem inom handel och industri? 1944-45. Jonson & Winter, Stockholm / Örebro 1944 (Swedish, runeberg.org ).
2. ↑ Hambræus, Gustaf Ragnar . In: Ingeborg Burling, Elvan Sölvén (ed.): Vem är det. Svensk biografisk handbok 1963 . 26th year PA Norstedt & Söners Förlag, 1962, ISSN  0347-3341 , p. 407 (Swedish, runeberg.org ).
3. ↑ Hambraeus, Gunnar A . In: Ingeborg Burling, Elvan Sölvén (ed.): Vem är det. Svensk biografisk handbok 1963 . 26th year PA Norstedt & Söners Förlag, 1962, ISSN  0347-3341 , p. 407 (Swedish, runeberg.org ).
4. ↑ Hambraeus, Axel E . In: Sten Lagerström, Elvan Sölvén (ed.): Vem är det. Svensk biografisk handbok 1969 . 29th year PA Norstedt & Söners Förlag, 1968, ISSN  0347-3341 , p. 357 (Swedish, runeberg.org ).
5. ↑ imdb.com
6. ↑ Svensk Filmdatabas
7. ↑ Bernd-Dietrich Krummacher: Elementary religion. In: Bernd Hildebrandt: Unexpected Theology. LIT Verlag Münster 2005, p. 155 ff., Here p. 160.
8. ^ Karl Friedrich Becker : Devotions for seniors: reflections, short stories, Bible study. Vandenhoeck and Ruprecht, Göttingen 1991, p. 116.
9. ↑ On the basis of this compilation: HAMBRAEUS, AXEL 1890–1983 Präst, författare ( Memento of the original from October 25, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. 
10. ^ Sven Hakon Rossel, Bo Elbrønd-Bek, David W. Colbert: Christmas in Scandinavia. University of Nebraska Press, Lincoln 1996, p. 182.