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Then Swänska Argus

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…in Sweden, the extremely popular Then swänska Argus (1732–34), modeled on Joseph Addison’s Tatler and Spectator. This periodical helped introduce the ideas of the Enlightenment into Sweden, but its language and literary style were of even greater importance; it is regarded as ushering in the age of modern Swedish prose.…
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In Swedish literature: The 18th century
…and began to publish, anonymously, Then Swänska Argus (1732–34; “The Swedish Argus”), a weekly periodical modeled on The Spectator of the Englishmen Richard Steele and Joseph Addison. One of the first serious journalistic ventures in Sweden, it marked the beginning of a new era, in which orthodoxy gave way to…
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