Arvid August Afzelius (; 8 October 1785, in Fjällåkra2 September 1871, in

Enköping Enköping is a locality and the seat of Enköping Municipality, Uppsala County, Sweden with 30,000 inhabitants in 2018. Geography Enköping is situated near Lake Mälaren, about 78 km west of Stockholm. A comparably large number of S ...

) was a Swedish pastor,

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 (thought, thinker, songwriter, writer, or author) who creates (composes) poems (oral t ...

historian A historian is a person who studies and writes about the past and is regarded as an authority on it. Historians are concerned with the continuous, methodical narrative and research of past events as relating to the human species; as well as the ...

and mythologist.

Historical background

From 1828 till his death he was parish priest of

. He is mainly known as a collaborator with the learned historian,

Erik Gustaf Geijer Erik Gustaf Geijer (12 January 1783 – 23 April 1847) was a Swedish writer, historian, poet, romantic critic of political economy, philosopher, and composer. His writings served to promote Swedish National Romanticism. He was an influentia ...

, 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 The ''Poetic Edda'' is the modern name for an untitled collection of Old Norse anonymous narrative poems in alliterative verse. It is distinct from the closely related ''Prose Edda'', although both works are seminal to the study of Old Norse ...

'' and '' Hervarar saga'', and a history of Sweden to

Charles XII Charles XII, sometimes Carl XII () or Carolus Rex (17 June 1682 – 30 November 1718 Old Style and New Style dates, O.S.), was King of Sweden from 1697 to 1718. He belonged to the House of Palatinate-Zweibrücken, a branch line of the House of ...

(of which a German translation was published in 1842), as well as original poems.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Afzelius, Arvid August 1785 births 1871 deaths People from Falköping Municipality Writers from Västra Götaland County Swedish male poets Swedish male writers Swedish folk-song collectors Swedish musicologists 19th-century Swedish poets 19th-century Swedish male writers 19th-century Swedish musicians Translators of the Poetic Edda 19th-century Swedish translators Musicians from Västra Götaland County