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FRANZEN, FRANS MIKAEL (1772-1847)

This article appears in Volume V11, Page 37 of the Encyclopedia Britannica.

Encyclopedia Britannica - Main :: FRA-GAE
FRANZEN, FRANS MIKAEL (1772-1847) , Swedish poet, was born at Uleaborg in
Finland
  on the 9th of February 1772. At thirteen he entered the university of Abo, where he attended the lectures of H. G. Porthan (1739-1804), a
pioneer
  in the study of Finnish history and legend. He graduated in 1789, and became " eloquentiae docens " in 1792. Three years later he started on a tour through Denmark, Germany, France and England, returning in 1796 to accept the office of university librarian at Abo. In r8or he became professor of history and ethics, and in 18o8 was elected a member of the Swedish
Academy
 . On the cession of
Finland
  to Russia, Franzen removed to Sweden, where he was- successively appointed parish priest of Kumla in the diocese of Strengnas (,8,o), minister of the Clara Church in Stockholm (1824) and
bishop
  of
Hernosand
  (1831). He died at Sabra parsonage on the 14th of August 1847. From the autumn of 1793, when his Till en ung Flicka and Menniskans anlete were inserted by Keligren in the Slockholmspost, Franzen grew in popular favour by means of many
minor
  poems of singular simplicity and truth, as Till Selma, Den gamle knekten, Riddar St GOran, De Send blommorna, Modren vid vaggan, Nyarsmorgonen and Stjernhimmelen. His songs Goda gosse glaset tom, Sorj ej den gryende dagen forut, Champagnevinet and Bevdringssang were widely sung, and in 1797 he won the prize of the Swedish
Academy
  by his Sang ofver grefve Filip Ovule. Henceforth his muse, touched with the academic spirit, grew more reflective and didactic. His longer works, as Emili eller en afton i Lappland, and the epics Svante Sture eller motet vid Alvastra, Kolumbus eller Amerikas upptdckt and Gustaf Adolf i Tyskland (the last two incomplete), though rich in beauties of detail, are far inferior to his shorter pieces.
The poetical works of Franzen are collected under the title Skaldestycken (7 vols., 18241861) ; new ed., Samlade dikter, with a
biography
  by A. A. Grafstrom (18671869); also a selection (Valda dikter) in 2 vols. (1871). His
prose
  writings, Om Svenska drotlningar (Abo, 1798; Orebro, 1823), Skrifter i obunden stil, vol. i. (1835), Predikningar (5 vols., 18411845) and Minnesteckningar, prepared for the Academy (3 vols., 1848-186o), are marked by faithful
portraiture
  and purity of style. See B. E. Malmstrom, in the. Handlingar of the Swedish Academy (1852, new
series
  1887), vol. i.; S. A. Hollander, Minne of F. M. Franzen (Orebro, 1868) ; F. Cygnaeus, Teckningar ur F. M. Franzins lefnad (Helsingfors, 1872) ; and Gustaf Ljunggren, Svenska vitterhetens hafder efter Gustaf III.'s dOd, vol. ii. (1876).


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