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Anders Abraham Grafström
Anders Abraham Grafström (10 January 1790 – 24 July 1870) was a Swedish historian, priest and poet. [1] LifeGrafström was born in Sundsvall in Västernorrland County, Sweden. He studied at Uppsala University, where he was enrolled in 1809 and became a master's degree in 1815. In 1819, he was the library secretary of Uppsala University. The following year he was named as a lecturer in history at the university, and he later taught at the Military Academy Karlberg. In 1830 he was ordained and in 1835 he was appointed as a parish priest at Umeå in Västerbotten where he lived until his death. In 1825, he received the grand prize from Swedish Academy for a poem about the wedding of Crown Prince Oscar and was admitted into the Academy in 1839, occupying Seat 6.[1] Grafström belonged to the literary circle centred on salon hostess. Malla Silfverstolpe (1782–1861). He wrote a famous biography of poet Frans Michael Franzén. Some of Grafström's poetry was set to music by the composer Johan Erik Nordblom (1788-1848).[2] [3] Personal lifeHe was married in 1822 to Henriette Elisabeth Franzén (1803-1833) and after her death to her half-sister Helena Sophia Franzén (1813-1891). His father-in-Law was Bishop Frans Michael Franzén (1772–1847).[4] His daughter Sofia Elisabeth Grafström (1839-1874) married teacher and folklorist Artur Hazelius (1833–1901) .[5] In his later years, Grafström was a vocal exponent of the expansion of the railway network into Norrland. He died at Umeå, aged 80.[1] Bibliography
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