Anders Abraham Grafström

Anders Abraham Grafström
Born	(1790-01-10)10 January 1790 Sundsvall, Sweden
Died	24 July 1870(1870-07-24) (aged 80) Umeå, Sweden
Occupation	Professor, parish priest
Language	Swedish
Genre	Poetry; History

Anders Abraham Grafström (10 January 1790 – 24 July 1870) was a Swedish historian, priest and poet. ^[1]

Life

Grafström was born in Sundsvall in Västernorrland County, Sweden. He studied at Uppsala University, where he was enrolled in 1809 and became a master's degree in 1815. In 1819, he was the library secretary of Uppsala University. The following year he was named as a lecturer in history at the university, and he later taught at the Military Academy Karlberg. In 1830 he was ordained and in 1835 he was appointed as a parish priest at Umeå in Västerbotten where he lived until his death. In 1825, he received the grand prize from Swedish Academy for a poem about the wedding of Crown Prince Oscar and was admitted into the Academy in 1839, occupying Seat 6.^[1]

Grafström belonged to the literary circle centred on salon hostess. Malla Silfverstolpe (1782–1861). He wrote a famous biography of poet Frans Michael Franzén. Some of Grafström's poetry was set to music by the composer Johan Erik Nordblom (1788-1848).^{[2] [3]}

Personal life

He was married in 1822 to Henriette Elisabeth Franzén (1803-1833) and after her death to her half-sister Helena Sophia Franzén (1813-1891). His father-in-Law was Bishop Frans Michael Franzén (1772–1847).^[4]

His daughter Sofia Elisabeth Grafström (1839-1874) married teacher and folklorist Artur Hazelius (1833–1901) .^[5]

In his later years, Grafström was a vocal exponent of the expansion of the railway network into Norrland. He died at Umeå, aged 80.^[1]

Bibliography

• De lingua, originis gentis Sviogothicae indice. Upsala, 1811.
• Tal öfver Högstsalig Hans Majestät Konung Carl XIII, hållet på Gustavianska Lärosalen i Upsala, den 6 maj 1818. Stockholm, 1818.
• De Statu Rerum Sveciarum ad Mortem Ingialdi Illråda Dissertatio Historica. (Beteiligt Petrus Ephraim Oldberg und Johannes P. Bosén). Dissertation Upsala 1820.
• De reformatione religionis christianae post Lutherum continuata. Upsala, 1829.
• Skalde-försök. Stockholm, 1826–1832.
• Ett år i Sverige. Stockholm, 1827-35 (Ed. Christian Didrik Forssell).
• Sånger från Norrland. Stockholm, 1841.
• Nya sånger från Norrland. Stockholm, 1848.
• Samlade skaldestycken. Stockholm, 1864.

References

1. Gösta Lundström. "Anders A Grafström". Svenskt biografiskt lexikon. Retrieved 1 January 2019.
2. "Magdalena ( Malla) Sofia Silfverstolpe". Svenskt kvinnobiografiskt lexikon. Retrieved 1 January 2019.
3. "Johan Erik Nordblom (1788−1848)". Levande Musikarv. Retrieved 1 January 2019.
4. Gösta Lundström. "Frans Michael Franzén". Svenskt biografiskt lexikon. Retrieved 1 January 2019.
5. "Hazelius, Artur Immanuel". Svenskt biografiskt handlexikon. Retrieved 1 January 2019.

Cultural offices
Preceded by Adolf Göran Mörner	Swedish Academy, Seat No 6 1839-1870	Succeeded by Fredrik August Dahlgren