Christian Eric Fahlcrantz (30 August 1780 – 6 August 1866) was a

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theologian and author.

Biography

Fahlcrantz was born at the parish of

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, Sweden. He was the son of Johan Fahlcrantz and Gustafva de Brenner. His father was a vicar in Kungsåra parish. His brother Axel Magnus Fahlcrantz (1780–1854) was a sculptor. His brother

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(1774–1861) was a landscape painter. His great-grandfather Elias Brenner (1647–1717) was an artist. His great-grandmother

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(1659–1730) was a poet. In 1804 he entered the

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receiving his

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in 1815. In 1821 he became tutor in

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, and in 1825 professor of Oriental languages. The following year, he received his

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and entered the

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ery at

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in the

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. In 1825, he published ''Noacks Ark'', a successful satire on the literary and social life of his time, followed in 1826 by a second part. In 1835 Fahlcrantz brought out the first part of his epic of ''Ansgarius'', which was completed in 1846, in 14 cantos. In 1842 he was made a member of the

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. In 1849 he was made Bishop of the Diocese of Västerås, and left the professorship in Uppsala. His next literary work was an archaeological study on

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. In the course of the years 1858-1861 appeared the five volumes of ''Rom förr och nu'', a theological polemic, mainly directed against the

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. His complete works (7 vols., Örebro, 1863-1866) were issued mainly under his own superintendence.

Personal life

Fahlcrantz was married in 1847 to Aurora Wilhelmina Valerius (1819-1916). They were the parents of Carl Johan Fahlcrantz (1849-1915), founder of the book publisher Fahlcrantz & Co., Axel Erik Valerius Fahlcrantz (1851-1925) who was a landscape painter, Christian David Ansgarius Fahlcrantz (1853-1927) who was adjunct lecturer in

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and Martin Wilhelm Fahlcrantz (1859-1936) who was county secretary in

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. Christian Eric Fahlcrantz died at Västerås in 1866 and his wife in 1916.

References

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