Gustaf Fröding
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Born | Alster, Sweden | 22 August 1860
Died | 8 February 1911 Stockholm, Sweden | (aged 50)
Language | Swedish |
Gustaf Fröding (Swedish pronunciation: [ˈɡɵ̂sːtav ˈfrø̂ːdɪŋ] ⓘ; 22 August 1860 – 8 February 1911) was a Swedish poet and writer from Alster, Värmland. The family moved to Kristinehamn in the year 1867. He later studied at Uppsala University and worked as a journalist in Karlstad.[1]
Poetry
His poetry combines formal virtuosity with a sympathy for the ordinary, the neglected and the down-trodden, sometimes written in his own regional dialect. It is highly musical and lends itself to musical setting; many of his poems have been set to music and recorded by Swedish singers such as Olle Adolphson, Monica Zetterlund, the Värmland group Sven-Ingvars and the Swedish band Mando Diao.
Fröding wrote openly about his personal problems with alcohol and women and had to face a trial for obscenity.
Jag köpte min kärlek för pengar, |
I purchased my love (how dearly!) |
—from Gralstänk | —Translation by C. D. Locock
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Sickness
The latter part of his life he spent in different
A play by Swedish playwright Gottfrid Grafström, called Sjung vackert om kärlek, about Fröding's time at the mental institution in Uppsala was first performed at the Royal Dramatic Theatre in 1973[2] and has had periodic revivals since.
Selected works
- Gitarr och dragharmonika (Guitar and concertina) 1891
- Nya dikter (New poems) 1893
- Räggler å paschaser (Tall tales and adventures) 1895
- Stänk och flikar (Splashes and spray) 1896
- Nytt och gammalt (New and old) 1897
- Gralstänk (Splashes of the grail) 1898
- Efterskörd (Gleanings) 1910
- Reconvalescentia (Convalescence) 1914
- Samlade skrifter 1-16 (Collected works 1-16) 1917–1922
- Brev till en ung flicka (Letters to a young girl) 1952
- Äventyr i Norge (Adventures in Norway) 1963
- Gustaf Frödings brev, 2 vol. (Gustaf Fröding's letters, 2 vol.) 1981-1982
- "23 Bojaere"*
His works in English
- Poems 1903 [3]
- Selected Poems 1916 [4]
- Guitar and Concertina 1925 [5]
- Gustaf Fröding: His Life and Poetry 1986 [6]
- Swedes On Love CD 1991 [7]
- The Selected Poems of Gustaf Fröding 1993 [8]
- The Complete Poems of Gustaf Fröding 1997-1999 [9]
- The North! To the North! 2001 [10]
References
- ^ Gustaf Fröding, Swedish Lyric Poet by Charles Wharton Stork, (Cedar Falls, IA: The North American Review, 1916). Vol. 204, No. 733 (December), pp. 897-908.
- ^ "Sjung vackert om kärlek". Royal Dramatic Theatre. Retrieved 20 October 2019.
- ^ Poems by Gustaf Fröding, trans. by Albert Björck, (Stockholm: Björck och Börjesson, 1903).
- ^ Selected Poems by Gustaf Fröding, trans. by Charles Wharton Stork, (New York: The Macmillan Company, 1916).
- C. D. Locock, (London: G. Allen and Unwin, 1925).
- ^ Gustaf Fröding: His Life and Poetry by Paul Britten Austin, (Karlstad: Föreningen Alsters Herrgård, 1986).
- ^ Swedes On Love CD, trans. by Roger Hinchliffe, (Stockholm: Roger Records, 1991).
- ^ The Selected Poems of Gustaf Fröding, trans. by Henrik Aspán in collaboration with Martin S. Allwood, (Mullsjö: Persona Press, 1993).
- ^ The Complete Poems of Gustaf Fröding, trans. by Mike McArthur, several volumes, (Wintringham: Oak Tree Press, 1997-1999).
- ^ The North! To the North!, trans. by Judith Moffett, five poets including Fröding, (Carbondale: Southern Illinois University Press, 2001).
External links
- Works by Gustaf Fröding at Project Gutenberg
- Works by or about Gustaf Fröding at Internet Archive
- Works by Gustaf Fröding at LibriVox (public domain audiobooks)
Swedish
- Gustaf Fröding at Open Library.
- Gustaf Fröding at Project Runeberg.
- Gustaf Fröding at Swedish Wikisource.
- Gustaf Fröding at Uppsala University.
- Samlade Skrifter at the Internet Archive.
English
- Gustaf Fröding at PoemHunter
- Three poems by Gustaf Fröding
- The uncrowned king of Swedish poetry
- Gustaf Fröding at the Encyclopædia Britannica
- Petri Liukkonen. "Gustaf Fröding". Books and Writers.
Translations
- Selected Poems by Gustaf Fröding at the Internet Archive.
- Guitar and accordion (Gitarr och dragharmonika)
- A love song (En kärleksvisa)
- A love song and A ghazal (En ghasel)
- The old mountain troll (Ett gammalt bergtroll)
Streaming audio
Videos
- Elin i hagen (Elin of Hagen) on YouTube
- En februarivisa (A February song) on YouTube
- Ett gammalt bergtroll on YouTube
- Ett liv efter detta (A life after this) on YouTube
- Dancing in the crossroads (Det var dans bort i vägen) on YouTubeSong begins at 3:24 of medley.