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Born	November 25, 1731 • Sweden
Died	March 30, 1808 (aged 76) • Stockholm • Sweden

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Anna Maria Lenngren

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Heinrich Heine

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I.L. Peretz

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August Strindberg

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Viktor Rydberg

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Lars Gyllensten

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Pär Lagerkvist

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Bellman, detail of an oil painting by P. Krafft, 1779; in Gripsholm Castle, Sweden

Carl Michael Bellman

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

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Artur Lundkvist

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Georg Stiernhielm

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Johan Henrik Kellgren

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Levertin, oil painting by C.O. Larsson, 1906; in the Bonniers' Collection, Stockholm

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Erik Lindegren

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