Erik Gustaf Geijer was a Swedish writer, historian, poet, romantic critic of political economy, philosopher, and composer. His writings served to promote Swedish National Romanticism. He was an influential advocate of conservatism, but switched to... Wikipedia
Born: January 12, 1783, Ransäter, Sweden
Died: April 23, 1847 (age 64 years), Stockholm, Sweden
Parents: Bengt Gustaf Geijer and Ulrica Magdalena Geisler
Grandchildren: Anna Hamilton Geete, Hugo E. G. Hamilton, Eva Sofia Hamilton, and more
Children: Johanna Ulrika Agnes Geijer
Spouse: Anna Lisa Geijer (m. 1816–1847)
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(1783–1847). As a historian, philosopher, and social and political theorist, Erik Gustaf Geijer was a leading advocate first of conservatism and later of ...
Geijer, Erik Gustaf | Encyclopedia of Romantic Nationalism in Europe
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His interest in Nordic mythology was closely connected to a more general interest in folk culture, which he, in line with one of the main dogmas of Romantic ...