The Ultimate Gustaf Fröding - American History Information Guide and Reference

Gustaf Fröding (August 22, 1860 - February 8, 1911) was a Swedish poet and writer, born in Alster, Karlstad in Wermelandia. He studied at Uppsala University, and is known for having written openly about his personal problems with alcohol and women.

Jag köpte min kärlek för pengar,

för mig var ej annan att få,

sjung vackert, I skorrande strängar,

sjung vackert om kärlek ändå.

Free translation:

I bought my love for money,

for me there wasn't any other,

sing praise, you trembling strings,

sing praise about love anyway.

Selected works

Translated titles in italics.

Guitarr och dragharmonika (1891) - "Guitar and Concertina"
Nya dikter (1894) - "New Poems"
Räggler å paschaser (1895)
Stänk och flickar (1896) - "Splashes and spray"
Nytt och gammalt (1897) - "New and Old Pieces"
Gralstänk (1898) - "Splashes of Grail"
Efterskörd (1910) - "Aftermath"
Reconvalescentia (1913)
Samlade skrifter 1-16 (1917-1922)
Brev til en ung flicka (1952)
Äventyr i Norge (1963)
Brev 1-II (1981-1982)
The Selected Poems of Gustav Fröding (1993) - (trans. by Henrik Aspán, in collaboration with Martin Allwood)

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