Georg Stiernhielm (7 August, 1598 – 22 April, 1672) was a poet, civil servant and linguist often called “the father of Swedish poetry”.
“Georg Stiernhielm, 1598-1672” by David Klöcker Ehrenstrahl –
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- He was born as Jöran Olofsson in Vika, Sweden.
- His father was a miner.
- After he finished his studies in Sweden and Germany the young man became a judge.
- In 1631 he was raised to the nobility and took on the name Georg Stiernhielm.
- Stiernhielm, literally means “Star Helmet”.
- During his lifetime Mr. Stiernhielm was considered a pioneer of linguistics.
- Stiernhielm’s most famous poem is Hercules, and tells of the young hero’s temptations with Lady Lust and her daughters.
- Stiernhielm was the first Swedish poet to apply the verse meters of antique poets to the Swedish language.
- In 1661 Stiernhielm was appointed councilor of war and in 1667 director of the college of antiquities.
- Stiernhielm was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society of London in December 1669.
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