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Encyclopedia > Verner von Heidenstam
Portrait of Verner von Heidenstam
Portrait of Verner von Heidenstam

Carl Gustaf Verner von Heidenstam (July 6, 1859May 20, 1940) was a Swedish poet and novellist, a laureate of the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1916. He was a member of the Swedish Academy from 1912. Most of his works are passionate depictions of Swedish character, life and traditions, often from a clearly patriotic point of view. Image File history File links Size of this preview: 775 × 599 pixelsFull resolution (1120 × 866 pixel, file size: 151 KB, MIME type: image/jpeg) Painting available at Östergötlands länsmuseum, Linköping, Sweden Faithful reproductions of two-dimensional original works cannot attract copyright in the U.S. according to... Image File history File links Size of this preview: 775 × 599 pixelsFull resolution (1120 × 866 pixel, file size: 151 KB, MIME type: image/jpeg) Painting available at Östergötlands länsmuseum, Linköping, Sweden Faithful reproductions of two-dimensional original works cannot attract copyright in the U.S. according to... is the 187th day of the year (188th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1859 (MDCCCLIX) was a common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Thursday of the 12-day slower Julian calendar). ... is the 140th day of the year (141st in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1940 (MCMXL) was a leap year starting on Monday (link will display the full 1940 calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... Nobel Prize in Literature medal. ... 1916 (MCMXVI) was a leap year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar). ... The Swedish Academy was founded in 1786 on the personal initiative of King Gustav III The Swedish Academy in Stockholm The Swedish Academy or Svenska Akademien, founded in 1786 by King Gustav III, is one of the Royal Academies of Sweden. ... 1912 (MCMXII) was a leap year starting on Monday in the Gregorian calendar (or a leap year starting on Tuesday in the 13-day-slower Julian calendar). ...


He was born in Olshammar to a noble family. He studied paintings in the Academy of Stockholm, but soon left to travel longly in Europe, Africa and Eastern countries. His work Vallfart och vandringsår (Pilgrimage: the Wander Years, 1888) is a collection of poems inspired by his experiences in the Eastern travels, and marks an abandon of naturalism then dominant in Swedish literature.


His love for beauty is showed also by the allogeorical novel Hans Alienus (1892). Dikter ("Poems", 1895) and Karolinerna (The Charles Men, 2 vols., 1897-1898), an historical novel, shows a strong nationalistic passion. The two volumes of Folkunga Trädet (The Tree of the Folkungs, 1905-07) are the inspired, epic story of a clan of Swede chieftains in the Middle Ages.


His poetical collection Nya Dikter, published in 1915, deals with phylosophical themes, mainly concerning the elevation of man to a better humanity from solitude. He died at his home Övralid in 1940. Övralid Övarlid, north of Motala in Östergötland, Sweden. ...


Works

  • Från Col di Tenda till Blocksberg (1888)
  • Vallfart och vandringsår (1888)
  • Renässans (1889)
  • Endymion (1889, novel)
  • Hans Alienus (1892)
  • Dykter (1895)
  • Karolinerna (The Charles Men, 1897-98, novel)
  • Sankt Göran och draken (1900)
  • Heliga Birgittas pilgrimsfärd (Saint Bridget's Pilgrimage, 1901)
  • Ett folk (1902)
  • Skogen susar (The Forest Whispers, 1904)
  • Folkunga Trädet (The Tree of the Folkungs, 2 volumes, 1905-1907)
  • Svenskarna och deras hövdingar (1910, historical lectures)
  • Nya Dikter (1915).

Year 1915 (MCMXV) was a common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Thursday[1] of the 13-day-slower Julian calendar). ...

See also

This is a list of Swedish language novelists, poets and other writers. ... This is a list of poets who wrote or write much of their poetry in Swedish: Evert Taube (1890-1976) Karin Boye (1900-1941) Elmer Diktonius (1896-1961) Nils Ferlin (1898-1961) Gustaf Fröding (1860-1911) Verner von Heidenstam (1859-1940) Erik Axel Karlfeldt (1864-1931) Oscar Levertin (1862...

External links

  • Verner von Heidenstam - at Projekt Runeberg
  • Works by Verner von Heidenstam at Project Gutenberg
  • http://awardt.skynetask.com/Heidenstam5/
  • http://awardt.skynetask.com/Heidenstam4/
  • http://awardt.skynetask.com/Heidenstam2/
  • http://awardt.skynetask.com/Heidenstam3/
  • http://awardt.skynetask.com/Heidenstam1/
Preceded by
Carl David af Wirsén
Swedish Academy,
Seat No.8

1912-1940
Succeeded by
Pär Lagerkvist

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Heidenstam often chose national themes for his novels and his great neoromantic rival was Selma Lagerlöf, the winner of the Nobel Prize in 1909.
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