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.
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- 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.
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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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