Erik Axel Karlfeldt - Definition and Overview

Erik Axel Karlfeldt (November 20, 1864 - April 8, 1931) was a Swedish poet whose essentially regional, tradition-bound poetry was extremely popular and won him the Nobel Prize in Literature posthumously in 1931; he had refused it in 1918.

He was born in a family of miners in Karlbo, in the province of Dalekarlia. He studied at Uppsala University and later taught school in the Stockholm suburb of Djursholm and in a school for adults. He worked for the Royal Library of Sweden, in Stockholm.

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 causa in 1917.

External links

• Biography at the Nobel e-Museum (http://www.nobel.se/literature/laureates/1931/karlfeldt-bio.html)
• Short biography at nobel-winners.com (http://www.nobel-winners.com/Literature/erik_axel_karlfeldt.html)
• Karlfeldt's collected works at Project Runeberg (http://www.lysator.liu.se/runeberg/authors/karlfelt.html)
• Pegasos Author's Calendar on Karlfeldt (http://www.kirjasto.sci.fi/karlfeld.htm)

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