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Karl Alfred Melin
1849–1919
A Swedish poet, hymn writer, and educator, he moved easily between scholarship and verse. His work and public life eventually earned him a seat in the Swedish Academy.
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Tjuvbandet i Dägerö skärgård
by Karl Alfred Melin
About the author
Born in 1849 in Utö, Karl Alfred Melin became a Swedish poet, hymn writer, teacher, and literary scholar. He studied in Stockholm and Uppsala, earned his doctorate in 1875, and built much of his career in education.
Alongside his school work, he published poetry and wrote literary studies. His interests ranged from verse and metrics to religious writing, and he is still remembered both for his poems and for hymn texts.
In 1898, he was elected to seat 13 of the Swedish Academy, a sign of the esteem he had won in Swedish literary life. He died in 1919.