Frey Svenson

Who was Frey Svenson?

Frey Svenson was a Swedish doctor and professor of psychology, born in Vetlanda, Sweden.

In the year of 1899 he worked at Upsala Hospital, which at that time was a psychiatric hospital rather than a medical hospital. Here he met the Swedish poet Gustaf Fröding. Svenson tried to help Fröding deal with his mental illness and also became his friend. This was the basis of a book called Gustaf Frödings diktning. Bidrag till dess psykologi