Per Daniel Amadeus Atterbom

Per Daniel Amadeus Atterbom (19 January 1790, Åsbo, Östergötland – 21 July 1855) was a Swedish romantic poet, and a member of the Swedish Academy.

Professor of Aesthetics and Philosophy at the University of Uppsala, he represents one of the most subversive tendencies of Swedish Romanticism, reflecting the aesthetic-religious revolution and the conservative-nationalistic devolution up to the medieval utopias.

He was extremely influenced by German Romanticism, especially Schelling, whom he met during his trip to Germany and Italy in 1817-1819.

Poetry

Blommorna (The Flowers)
Fågel Blå (Blue Bird) 1813
Lycksalighetens Ö (The Island of Bliss) 1824-27

Preceded by Pehr Henrik Ling	Swedish Academy, Seat No 18 1839-1855	Succeeded by Johan Henrik Thomander

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Name	Atterbom, Per Daniel Amadeus
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Date of birth	19 January 1790
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Date of death	21 July 1855
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