Carl Jonas Love Almqvist

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Almqvist, detail of an oil painting by C.P. Mazer, 1836, in the Nordiska Museet,Stockholm

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

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