Author Archives: Erik Axel Karlfeldt

Living: 1864 - 1931

Place of birth: Karlbo, Folkärna parish, Dalarna

Erik Axel Karlfeldt was a Swedish poet and writer. He was a member of the Swedish Academy 1904-1931 and posthumous recipient of the Nobel Prize in Literature 1931.
Winter rest
Winter rest

From Erik Axel Karlfeldt's collection of poems Flora and Bellona published in 1918.

15
Nov
The dream and life

From the poetry collection Fridolin's Songs and Other Songs (1898)

09
Mar
Sub luna

From Hösthorn (1927)

08
Nov
Erik Axel Karlfeldt
A stubborn falconer's tale

Poem from Fridolin's Songs and Other Songs (1898).

20
Oct
Five dangerous F

In a young farmer's thought book. From the poetry collection Fridolin's Garden and Valley Paintings in Rhyme (1901).

13
Oct
Erik Axel Karlfeldt
The Fathers

From the poetry collection Wilderness and Love Songs from 1895.

01
Christmas
Erik Axel Karlfeldt
Longing is my heritage

Poem from Fridolin's Garden and Valley Paintings in rhyme from 1901.

30
Mar
Lucia
Lucia

Dikt om Lucia ur Fridolins visor, som utkom första gången 1898. Scrolla ner för vacker [...]

13
Dec
In moose time
In moose time

A poem from Fridolin's Songs and Other Poems (1898) dedicated to the moose, "a first-born in [...]

01
Sep
Erik Axel Karlfeldt
If a proper anger

From the poetry collection Fridolin's Garden and Valley Paintings in Rhyme (1901).

15
Aug