Gustaf Fröding

English: Gustaf Fröding /ˈgɵsˌtav ˈfrøːˌdɪŋ/ (August 22, 1860 - February 8, 1911) was a Swedish poet and writer, born in Alster, Karlstad in Vermland. He studied at Uppsala University, and is known for having written openly about his personal problems with alcohol and women. He is generally held to be one of the greatest poets of verse that Sweden has ever produced, on par with Carl Michael Bellman.

Photos of Fröding

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  1896

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  With Verner von Heidenstam, Albert Engström and Cecilia Fröding, 1896

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  With Verner von Heidenstam, 1896

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  1908

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  1910

Other photos

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  Bust in Alster, just outside Karlstad.

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  The Alster mansion where Fröding was born

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  Fröding statue in Karlstad

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  Fröding's grave stone in Uppsala