Franzén, Frans Michael

Franzén, Frans Michael (fräns mē'käel fränsān') [key], 1772–1847, Swedish poet, a bishop, b. Finland. He became professor of philosophy at Åbo in 1798. His Ode to Gustaf Philip Creutz (1797) marks the birth of romantic lyric poetry in Sweden.

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