Gustaf-Otto Adelborg (28 July 1883 – 18 December 1965) was a Swedish writer. He was born in Ludgo Parish, which is now part of

Nyköping Municipality Nyköping Municipality () is a municipalities of Sweden, municipality in Södermanland County in southeast Sweden. Its seat is located in the city status in Sweden, city of Nyköping, which is containing a majority of the residents. Its southern t ...

, became a student in 1908, studying in both

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. He was later employed at a second-hand bookshop in Stockholm. Adelborg resembles

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Carl Jonas Love Almquist Carl Jonas Love Ludvig Almqvist (28 November 1793 – 26 September 1866) was a Sweden, Swedish author, romantic poetry, romantic poet, critique of political economy, romantic critic of political economy, literary realism, realist, composer and s ...

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and

Vilhelm Ekelund Vilhelm Ekelund (October 14, 1880 – September 3, 1949) was a Swedish poet. He is best known for his collections of poetry, such as ''Havets stjärna'' (1906), and ''Melodier i skymning'' (1902). His works often focus on the beauty of nature and ...

in having published essays with primarily psychological content and religious meditations. Among these are ''Om det personligt andliga'' (1907), ''Våga, vedervåga'' (1908) and the personal confession ''Afsides'' (1923). He criticised the Swedish academic environment in his book, ''Våga, vedervåga'' (Risk, jeopardize) published in 1908. A polemic with the Swedish writer

Fredrik Böök Martin Fredrik Böök (May 12, 1883 in Kristianstad – December 2, 1961 in Copenhagen) was a Sweden, Swedish professor of literary history at Lund University, literary critic and writer. He wrote biographies and books on Swedish literature.An e ...

made his writing career difficult. He published very few works; his first three are hard to read, after which he evolved a clear language in which to express his convictions with "almost childlike seriousness". Gustaf-Otto Adelborg came from a Swedish noble family, Adelborg, that included some well-known members. He was the brother of Fredrik Adelborg and

Louise Adelborg Louise Nathalie Adelborg (2 July 1885 – 9 September 1971) was a Swedish porcelain designer and textile artist. Biography Louise Adelborg was born in Ludgo, Södermanland County, Sweden, a member of the noble Adelborg family. She was the daugh ...

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