Swedish enlightenment literature

The Swedish enlightenment songwriter Carl Michael Bellman portrayed by Per Krafft, 1779

Swedish enlightenment literature was written between approximately 1732 and 1809.[1] Key figures included the mystic Emanuel Swedenborg, the botanist Carl Linnaeus, the poet Johan Henrik Kellgren and the songwriter and performer Carl Michael Bellman.

  1. ^ These years are given by Tigerstedt, 1971