Arvid August Afzelius
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1785 – 1871
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Who was Arvid August Afzelius?
Arvid August Afzelius was a Swedish pastor, poet, historian and mythologist.
From 1828 till his death he was parish priest of Enköping. He is mainly known as a collaborator with the learned historian, Erik Gustaf Geijer, in the great collection of Swedish folk-songs, Svenska folk-visor från forntiden, 3 vols.
He published also translations of the Poetic Edda and Hervarar saga, and a history of Sweden to Charles XII, as well as original poems.
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