Lenngren, Anna Maria (1754–1817)
Lenngren, Anna Maria (1754–1817)
Swedish poet. Born Anna Malmstedt, June 18, 1754, Uppsala, Sweden; died Mar 8, 1817; dau. of Magnus Brynolf Malmstedt (1724–1798, lecturer at Uppsala University); m. Carl Peter Lenngren (councillor at Royal Board of Commerce and later editor of the radical Stockholms Posten), 1780 (died 1827).
Popular poet who often satirized the upper classes, first published in periodicals and contributed anonymously to husband's newspaper; published The Conseillen (1777), Den glada festen (The Merry Festival, 1796), Pojkarne (The Boys, 1797). Many of her poems have been set to music.
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