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Carl Gustaf af Leopold, oil painting by J.G. Sandberg, 1832; in Gripsholm Castle, Sweden
Carl Gustaf af Leopold, oil painting by J.G. Sandberg, 1832; in Gripsholm Castle, Sweden

Carl Gustaf af Leopold

Swedish poet
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March 26 (?), 1756, Stockholm, Sweden
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November 9, 1829, Stockholm

Carl Gustaf af Leopold (born March 26 (?), 1756, Stockholm, Sweden—died November 9, 1829, Stockholm) was a Swedish court poet in the service of the enlightened monarch Gustav III. After study at Uppsala and Greifswald, Leopold began his career in 1792 with skillful articles and polemical essays propagating the rational ideas of the Enlightenment and parrying the criticism of the younger generation of Romantics. He was disliked by the early Romantics in Sweden because of his opposition to their work. A member of the Swedish Academy from its foundation in 1786, he became, on the death of the poet and ...(100 of 175 words)

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