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AFZELIUS, ARVID AUGUST (1785-1871)

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AFZELIUS, ARVID See also:AUGUST (1785-1871) , See also:Swedish pastor, poet, historian and mythologist, was See also:born on the 8th of See also:October 1785. From 1828 till his See also:death on the 25th of See also:September 1871 he was See also:parish See also:priest of Enkoping. He is mainly known as a collaborator with the learned historian, Erik Gustaf See also:Geijer, in the See also:great collection of Swedish folk-songs, Svenske folkirsor fran forntiden, 3 vols. (See also:Stockholm, 1814–1816). He published also See also:translations of the Sdmunder See also:Edda and Herwara-See also:Saga, and a See also:history of See also:Sweden to See also:Charles XII. (of which a See also:German See also:translation was published in 1842), as well as See also:original poems.

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