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Carl Jonas Love Almqvist

Carl Jonas Love Almqvist, Swedish poet, composer, and critic (died 1866)

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Born
November 28, 1793
Died
September 26, 1866
Zodiac sign
Sagittarius
Birth year
1793

About Carl Jonas Love Almqvist

Carl Jonas Love Ludvig Almqvist (28 November 1793 – 26 September 1866) was a Swedish author, romantic poet, romantic critic of political economy, realist, composer and social critic. Almqvist's younger half-brother was Director-General Gustavus Fridolf Almquist (1814–1886), who was the father of Agnes Hammarskjöld. Almqvist was ordained as a pastor in 1837, but could not find work, and after publishing Det går an in.

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Carl Jonas Love Almqvist timeline

  1. Almqvist's younger half-brother was Director-General Gustavus Fridolf Almquist (1814–1886), who was the father of Agnes Hammarskjöld.
  2. Almqvist was ordained as a pastor in 1837, but could not find work, and after publishing Det går an in.

The world when Carl Jonas Love Almqvist was born

Carl Jonas Love Almqvist was born in 1793. The year snapshot below places that birthday in its cultural and historical setting: the music and films people were following, the headlines shaping public life, and the everyday prices families encountered.

Headlines and milestones

  • Top headlineKing Louis XVI executed in France
  • Technology milestoneEli Whitney invents the cotton gin
  • World population~823M

United States snapshot

  • U.S. leaderGeorge Washington
  • U.S. population4.3M

1793 versus 2026

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Measure17932026
Population4.3M341 million

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