Stockholms Figaro

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Stockholms Figaro was a Swedish illustrated fiction short lived weekly [1] publication, published in Stockholm, Sweden, [2] between December 1844 [3] [4] through the end of 1847. [5] [6] [7] [8] Albert Bonnier [5] [9] was the editor and publisher. [1] [10]

The content of Stockholms Figaro consisted mostly of poems, [11] short stories, literary and art [12] criticism. Each edition had about seven pages. [6] Among the staff were Carl August Adlersparre (Albano), August Blanche, [13] JG Carlén, M. Cramser (Caprice), JA Kiellman-Göransson (Nepomuk), GH Mellin, Johan Nybom, Oscar Patric Sturzen-Becker (Orvar Odd), [14] V. Stålberg and Carl Anton Wetterbergh (Uncle Adam). [15]

Author describes: [5]

Albert's long-term plan was to attract the sharpest pens in the country through periodic publishing... he launched Stockholm's Figaro, a fiction writing illustrated weekly with Albert himself as editor.

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