Anders Abraham Grafström
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– July 24, 1870; Umeå
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) was a Swedish
Sweden
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historian, priest and poet.
In 1819, Grafström was the library secretary of Uppsala University
Uppsala University
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. The following year he was named as a lecturer in history at the university, and he later taught at the Military Academy Karlberg. In 1835 he was appointed as a pastor
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in Umeå, where he lived until his death. He was admitted into the Swedish Academy
Swedish Academy
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in 1839, occupying Seat 6.
Grafström belonged to the literary circle centred around Malla Silfverstolpe
Malla Silfverstolpe
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. He wrote a famous biography
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of his father-in-law Frans Michael Franzén
Frans Michael Franzén
Frans Michael Franzén was a Swedish and Finnish poet.-Biography:Franzén was born in Oulu , Northern Ostrobothnia, Finland, which at the time was an integral part of Sweden. At thirteen he entered the Royal Academy of Turku, where he attended the lectures of Henrik Gabriel Porthan , a pioneer in...
. Some of Grafström's poetry was set to music by the composer Johan Erik Nordblom. His daughter married Artur Hazelius
Artur Hazelius
Artur Immanuel Hazelius , Swedish teacher, scholar and folklorist, founder of the Nordic Museum and the open-air museum Skansen in Stockholm....
, the teacher and folklorist. In his later years, Grafström was a vocal exponent of the expansion of the railway network
History of rail transport in Sweden
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into Norrland
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.