Julia Kristina Nyberg (née Svärdström; 17 November 1784 – 16 April 1854), was a Swedish

poet A poet is a person who studies and creates poetry. Poets may describe themselves as such or be described as such by others. A poet may simply be the creator ( thinker, songwriter, writer, or author) who creates (composes) poems ( oral or wr ...

and songwriter. She published two collections of poetry and was awarded by the

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. She wrote the vast majority of her works under the pseudonym ''Euphrosyne''.

Biography

Julia Kristina Nyberg was born in the parish of

Skultuna Skultuna () is a locality situated in Västerås Municipality, Västmanland County, Sweden with 3,133 inhabitants in 2010. Skultuna has some of Sweden's oldest industrial sites (including an early 17th-century brassworks, Skultuna Messingsbruk ...

Västmanland County Västmanland County ( sv, Västmanlands län) is a county or '' län'' in central Sweden. It borders the counties of Södermanland, Örebro, Gävleborg, Dalarna and Uppsala. The county also has a stretch of shoreline towards Mälaren (Sweden's ...

, Sweden. Her parents, Per Svärdström (1726–1789) and Beata Eliasdotter Almgren (1747–1799), both died while she was young. She grew up as the foster daughter of industrialist and mill owner, named Adlerwald She moved in 1809 to Stockholm, where she was influenced the Aurora League (''Aurora-förbundet'') an artistic society under the leadership of

Per Daniel Amadeus Atterbom Per Daniel Amadeus Atterbom (19 January 1790 in Åsbo, Östergötland – 21 July 1855) was a Swedish romantic poet, and a member of the Swedish Academy. Life He was son of a country parson, was born in the province of Ostergotland on 19 Janu ...

. In 1822, she moved back to Skultuna and was married the same year to Anders Wilhelm Nyberg (1793 – 1851). Nyberg is most famous for her songs written for the

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holiday, many of which are still sung and recorded today, including ''Vårvindar friska'' and ''Fruktmånglerskan med tapperhetsmedalj''. For the majority of her literary career she belonged to the circle of writers that formed around the Romantic poet

and regularly published her poetry in the group's journal: ''Poetisk kalender''. She never aspired to the

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that characterized many of her contemporaries' works, but instead focussed on writing shorter poems inspired by nature.

Bibliography

* ''Dikter af Euphrosyne'' (1822) * ''Nyare Dikter af Euphrosyne'' (1828) * ''Vublina'' (1828) * ''Samlade Dikter af Euphrosyne'' (1832) * ''Nya Dikter af Euphrosyne'' (1842)

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