Arvid August Afzelius
Swedish poet
Died when: 85 years 352 days (1031 months)Star Sign: Libra
Arvid August Afzelius (Swedish pronunciation: ['ar?v?d 'a?g?st af'se?l??s]; 8 October 1785, in Fjällåkra – 2 September 1871, in Enköping) was a Swedish pastor, poet, historian and mythologist.
From 1828 till his death he was parish priest of Enköping.He is mainly known as a collaborator with the learned historian, Erik Gustaf Geijer, in the great collection of Swedish folk-songs, Svenska folk-visor från forntiden, 3 vols (Stockholm, 1814–1817).
He also published translations of the Poetic Edda and Hervarar saga, and a history of Sweden to Charles XII (of which a German translation was published in 1842), as well as original poems.
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