Esaias Tegnér

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Esaias Tegnér, lithograph by Josef Lanzedelli d. Ä. , around 1820
Statue of Esaias Tegnér in Lund

Esaias Tegnér (born November 13, 1782 in Kyrkerud , Säffle parish , † November 2, 1846 in Växjö ) was a Swedish poet and Lutheran bishop .

Life

Esaias Tegnér was the son of a pastor . He studied at Lund University and after completing his studies in 1806 became a lecturer in aesthetics (philosophy) at this university. In 1812 he was appointed professor of Greek studies . In 1824 he was appointed bishop in the diocese of Växjö . Plagued by depression at this time, he only moved from Lund to his diocese two years later. During this time he also became a member of the Swedish Reichstag , where he took a conservative position.

After a stroke in 1840, Tegnér fell into depression , which he overcame at the end of 1841 so that he could continue his office as bishop. Another stroke in October 1846 resulted in his death.

Work and meaning

Tegnér had little theological interests, but remained famous as a bishop, above all as a poet. As a teenager he had already written and since 1801 submitted poetry to the Swedish Academy and the Royal Science and Literature Society in Gothenburg , from which he received his first award in 1802. Even the first poems and epics show influences from early German romanticism . In 1811 he received the Swedish Academy Grand Prize for his patriotic poem Svea , which earned him fame as one of the best poets in the country. Since 1812 a member of the Götiska Förbundet (Gotischer Bund), he has now published many poems in their magazine Iduna . His famous speech on the anniversary of the Reformation in 1817 was a settlement with the Enlightenment and is considered to be the breakthrough of Swedish Romanticism .

Fridtjov statue in Vangsnes (1913)

Tegnér's best-known works include the Nattvardsbarnen (1820; German as Die Nachtmahlskinder, translated by Olof Berg, 1825) and the story Axel (1822; translated by Gottlieb Mohnike in 1829 and also by Friedrich Wilhelm Weber ), above all the Frithiofs saga (1825; several times translated into German), in which he, following the example of Adam Oehlenschläger , dealt with a topic from Old Norse myths . In the 19th century it was more widespread in Sweden than almost any other literary work and has been translated into many languages.

Honors

Tegnér became a member of the Swedish Academy in 1818 (chair 8). In 1835 he was accepted as a member of the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences and in 1838 as an honorary member of the Kungliga Vitterhets Historie och Antikvitets Academies . Soon after assuming the office of bishop, he was awarded the North Star Order (commander).

Numerous squares and streets bear Tegnér's name, including Tegnérgasse in Vienna- Favoriten (10th district) since 1951 and Tegnerstrasse in the northern quarter of Berlin-Prenzlauer Berg since 1907.

Tegnér Society

The Tegnér Society ( Tegnérsamfundet ), founded in 1946, is dedicated to the research and dissemination of Tegnér's work. It has been awarding the Tegnérpriset as an award for literary authors since 1947 .

Works (selection)

literature

  • Detlef Brennecke: Tegnér in Germany . Winter, Heidelberg 1974, ISBN 3-533-02447-4
  • Jens Christensen: Esaias Tegnér, the singer of the Fritjofsage . Mustard, Leipzig 1890
  • Otto Gottfried Lüttgendorff-Leinburg : House Treasure of Swedish Poetry, a Swedish anthology and literary history. Third volume. The Gothic School. 1810-1847 . Arnoldische Buchhandlung, Leipzig 1860 ( digitized version) - contains numerous original poems by Tegnér with German prose translation
  • Peter Sprengel : History of German-Language Literature 1870–1900. From the founding of the empire to the turn of the century. Munich 1998, ISBN 3-406-44104-1 , pp. 219 and 231
  • Robert Waldeck : Tegnér's position on theology and philosophy as well as on the religious directions of his time , Weigel, Mengeringhausen 1862
  • Esaias Tegnér . In: Herman Hofberg, Frithiof Heurlin, Viktor Millqvist, Olof Rubenson (eds.): Svenskt biografiskt handlexikon . 2nd Edition. tape 2 : L – Z, including supplement . Albert Bonniers Verlag, Stockholm 1906, p. 591 (Swedish, runeberg.org ).

Web links

Commons : Esaias Tegnér  - album with pictures, videos and audio files
Wikisource: Författare: Esaias Tegnér  - Sources and full texts (Swedish)

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Tegnerstrasse. In: Street name lexicon of the Luisenstädtischer Bildungsverein (near  Kaupert )
personal data
SURNAME Tegnér, Esaias
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Swedish lyric poet
DATE OF BIRTH November 13, 1782
PLACE OF BIRTH Kyrkerud, Säffle (municipality)
DATE OF DEATH November 2, 1846
Place of death Vaxjo