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Erik Axel Karlfeldt

Swedish poet

Summary

Swedish poet

Field	Value
name	Erik Axel Karlfeldt
image	Erik Axel Karlfeldt 1931.jpg
caption	Karlfeldt in 1931
birth_name	Erik Axel Eriksson
birth_date
birth_place	Karlbo, Sweden
death_date
death_place	Stockholm, Sweden
occupation	Poet
nationality	Swedish
awards	1931 Nobel Prize in Literature
module	{{Infobox officeholder	embed=yes
office	Member of the Swedish Academy
(Seat No. 11)
termstart	20 December 1904
termend	8 April 1931
predecessor	Clas Theodor Odhner
successor	Torsten Fogelqvist
office2	Permanent Secretary
of the Swedish Academy
termstart2	February 1913
termend2	April 1931
predecessor2	Hans Hildebrand
successor2	Per Hallström

(Seat No. 11) of the Swedish Academy](swedish-academy) Erik Axel Karlfeldt (20 July 1864 – 8 April 1931) was a Swedish poet whose highly symbolist poetry masquerading as regionalism was popular and won him the 1931 Nobel Prize in Literature posthumously after he had been nominated by Nathan Söderblom, member of the Swedish Academy. Karlfeldt had been offered the award already in 1919 but refused to accept it, because of his position as permanent secretary to the Swedish Academy (1913–1931), which awards the prize.

Biography

Karlfeldt was born into a farmer's family in Karlbo, in the province of Dalarna. Initially, his name was Erik Axel Eriksson, but he assumed his new name in 1889, wanting to distance himself from his father, who had suffered the disgrace of a criminal conviction. He studied at Uppsala University, simultaneously supporting himself by teaching school in several places, including Djursholms samskola in the Stockholm suburb of Djursholm and at a school for adults. After completing his studies, he held a position at the Royal Library of Sweden, in Stockholm, for five years.

In 1904, Karlfeldt was elected a member of the Swedish Academy and held chair number 11. In 1905, he was elected a member of the Nobel Institute of the academy, and, in 1907, of the Nobel Committee. In 1912, he was elected permanent secretary of the academy, a position he held until his death.

Uppsala University, Karlfeldt's alma mater, awarded him the title of Doctor honoris causae in 1917.

Karlfeldt was a pantheist.

Works in English

Modern Swedish Poetry Part 1 (1929) – (trans. by C. D. Locock)
Arcadia Borealis (1938) – (trans. by Charles Wharton Stork)
The North! To the North! (2001) – (trans. by Judith Moffett, five poets including Karlfeldt)

References

"Nomination Archive".
Gustav Källstrand ''Andens olympiska spel: Nobelprisets historia'', Fri Tanke Förlag 2021, ISBN 9789180203715
Hildeman, Karl-Ivar. “ERIK AXEL KARLFELDT: AN EVALUATION.” Scandinavian Studies, vol. 40, no. 2, 1968, pp. 81–94.

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