Tegnér, Esaias (M)

Surname: Tegnér
Forename(s): Esaias
b. 13 November 1782. d. 2 November 1846. Nationality: Swedish. VIAF.
Poet. Author of the poetic cycle Fritiof’s Saga (1825), featuring several Viking motifs. His work was translated into English by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow. Biographical information: Gunnar D. Hansson, Scandinavian Literature, The Oxford Encyclopedia of Maritime History, ed. by John J. Hattendorf, 2007, n.pag. (DD)

Poems associated with this person

Total poems: 2
Poem title Date Periodical Roles id #
Axel, a Free Translation from a Popular Swedish Poem 1826-02 Blackwood’s Edinburgh Magazine Poet 10430
The River. (By Tegner, a Swedish Poet) 1843-10-07 Chambers’s Edinburgh Journal Poet 5388