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Carl Jonas Love Almqvist
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Also Known As Carl Jonas Love Almquist
Born November 28, 1793 • Sweden • (Birthday in 7 days)
Died September 26, 1866 (aged 72) • Bremen • Germany
Notable Works “Sara Videbeck”
Movement / Style Romanticism

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Almqvist, detail of an oil painting by C.P. Mazer, 1836, in the Nordiska Museet,Stockholm
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Viktor Rydberg
Swedish author
Levertin, oil painting by C.O. Larsson, 1906; in the Bonniers' Collection, Stockholm
Oscar Ivar Levertin
Swedish poet and scholar
Aleksandr Pushkin
Aleksandr Pushkin
Russian author
Vigny, lithograph by Antoine Maurin, 1832
Alfred-Victor, count de Vigny
French author
Petrus Borel, detail of an engraving after a portrait by C.-F. Nanteuil-Leboeuf, 1839
Petrus Borel
French author
Lagerkvist
Pär Lagerkvist
Swedish author
Karin Boye
Swedish author
Atterbom
Per Daniel Amadeus Atterbom
Swedish author
Lidner, detail of an oil painting by Carl-Fredrik von Breda; in Gripsholm Castle, Sweden
Bengt Lidner
Swedish poet
Stagnelius, portrait by Julius Alexis Wetterbergh
Erik Johan Stagnelius
Swedish poet
Sigfrid Siwertz
Swedish author
Victor Hugo
Victor Hugo
French writer
Stendhal, oil painting by Pierre-Joseph Dedreux-Dorcy; in the Bibliothèque Municipale de Grenoble, France.
Stendhal
French author
Sir Walter Scott
Sir Walter Scott
Scottish writer
Lermontov, Mikhail
Mikhail Lermontov
Russian writer
Théophile Gautier
French author
Alessandro Manzoni, oil painting by Francesco Hayez; in the Brera Gallery, Milan.
Alessandro Manzoni
Italian author
E.T.A. Hoffmann
German writer, composer, and painter
Garrett, João Baptista da Silva Leitão de Almeida, visconde (viscount) de Almeida Garrett
João Baptista da Silva Leitão de Almeida Garrett, viscount de Almeida Garrett
Portuguese writer
Eichendorff, Joseph, freiherr von
Joseph, baron von Eichendorff
German writer

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