Karin Magdalena Bergquist
Karin Magdalena Bergquist von Mirbach (born July 16, 1899 in Skara , † 1976 in Stockholm ) was a Swedish writer .
Life
Bergquist was the daughter of bank director Conrad Bergquist and Anna Gadde and attended the girls' school in Skara. After marrying the Austrian Count Friedrich von Mirbach, she settled in Stockholm. She went on study trips to Germany, France, Switzerland, Italy and other countries. Bergquist was the chairman of the Swedish Writers' Association.
She wrote novels , fairy tales , short stories , collections of poetry and cantatas , which, like some poems, were set to music by, for example, Ivar Widéen and Jacob Nyvall.
Works (selection)
- The clod binds. 1934.
- Farm boy and king's child. 1938.
- The stone in Christmas bread. 1953.
- Poems. 1963.
- Nordic flowers.
- So worry.
- Det var en gång en conung.
- PA Molanders egen grevinna.
- Ro och oro.
- Vågen, vinden och princess.
- Trollet som lekte kejsare.
literature
- Bergquist von Mirbach, Carin Magdalena (Magda) . In: Ingeborg Burling, Elvan Sölvén (ed.): Vem är det. Svensk biografisk handbok 1957 . 23rd year PA Norstedt & Söners Förlag, 1956, ISSN 0347-3341 , p. 90 (Swedish, runeberg.org ).
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Bergquist, Karin Magdalena |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Bergquist von Mirbach, Karin Magdalena (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Swedish writer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | July 16, 1899 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Skara |
| DATE OF DEATH | 1976 |
| Place of death | Stockholm |