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.

See also

Mathilda Ebeling

References

  1. 1 2 "Bonnier AB". www.encyclopedia.com. Retrieved 7 October 2020.
  2. Catalogue of Printed Books in the Library of the British Museum. W. Clowes and sons, limited. 1885. p. 1.
  3. "Sveriges periodiska litteratur. Systematisk tidskriftsöfversikt". www.kb.se. Retrieved 7 October 2020.
  4. Bernhard Wilhelm Lundstedt (1902). Sveriges periodiska litteratur: Bibliografi, enligt publicistklubbens uppdrag utarbetad af Bernhard Lundstedt (in Swedish). Iduns tryckeri. p. 621.
  5. 1 2 3 Per T Ohlsson (17 September 2020). Albert Bonnier och hans tid. Albert Bonniers Förlag. pp. 70–72. ISBN   978-91-0-018808-5.
  6. 1 2 Sara Azzam (7 October 2019). "Thou Ancient, Thou Free". Augusta's Journey. Archived from the original on 3 March 2021. Retrieved 7 October 2020.
  7. Mari Hatavara. Imaginative History. October 2002 (PDF) (in Finnish)
  8. "Stockholms Figaro - Uppslagsverk - NE.se". www.ne.se. Retrieved 7 October 2020.
  9. Svea: folk-kalender för (in Swedish). Bonnier. 1892. p. 13.
  10. Thomas Derdak; Jay P. Pederson (1988). International Directory of Company Histories. St. James Press. ISBN   978-1-55862-482-5. Bonnier added a number of strong titles, such as the Sveriges Handelskalendar, Folkkalendern Svea, the weekly publication Stockholms Figaro, and Hörbergska Tryckas...
  11. Nils Axel Erik Bohman (1944). Svenska män och kvinnor: biografisk uppslagsbok. [Huvudredakt ör Nils Bohman] (in Swedish). A. Bonnier. p. 129.
  12. Per I. Gedin (13 March 2013). Litteraturens örtagårdsmästare : Karl Otto Bonnier och hans tid (in Swedish). Albert Bonniers Förlag. ISBN   978-91-0-013283-5.
  13. "August Blanche". authorscalendar.info. Retrieved 7 October 2020.
  14. Vilhelm Fredrik Palmblad; Peter Wieselgren; Karl Fredrik Werner (1849). Biografiskt lexicon öfver namnkunnige svenska män ... Palmblad och Sebell. p. 184.
  15. "Nordisk familjebok". runeberg.org (in Swedish). 1876. Retrieved 7 October 2020.