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Lars Rhodin

A Swedish clergyman and scholar from the 1600s, he is remembered today for a notable collection of Swedish proverbs. His work preserves the wit, moral advice, and everyday wisdom of earlier Swedish speech.

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Samling af Swenska Ordspråk i ordning ställde efter alfabetet, med tillägg af någre utur Latinen och andre Språk, liklydande eller motswarande

Samling af Swenska Ordspråk i ordning ställde efter alfabetet, med tillägg af någre utur Latinen och andre Språk, liklydande eller motswarande

by Lars Rhodin

About the author

Born in 1648 in Råda parish, Lars Rhodin studied at Uppsala University and later became a priest in Lyrestad. Swedish biographical sources describe him as an educated and well-regarded churchman, and he also served as rural dean in Norra Vadsbo before his death in 1695.

Readers are most likely to know him through Samling af Swenska Ordspråk, a collection of Swedish proverbs arranged alphabetically. The book gathers sayings from Swedish tradition and adds related expressions from Latin and other languages, making it both a literary curiosity and a small record of how wisdom was shared in everyday language.

Although details of his wider writing life are limited in the sources I could confirm, his surviving proverb collection gives a clear sense of his interest in language, learning, and popular expression. For modern listeners, it offers a window into older Swedish culture through short, memorable sayings.