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Nils Ferlin

ニルス・フェルリン

Nils Ferlin

Profile

Gender
Male
Born
1898-12-11 (Karlstad)
Died
1961-10-21 (Uppsala) age 62
Nationality
Sweden
Languages
Swedish
Residence History
Karlstad → Filipstad → Stockholm → Uppsala

Career

Occupations
poet, lyricist, actor
Active Years
1930-1961

Awards & Nominations

Works

Major Works

En döddansares visor

1930 poetry

Songs of a death dancer

Barfotabarn

1933 poetry

Barefoot children

Lars och Lisa i Stockholm

1937 poetry

Lars and Lisa in Stockholm

Goggles

1938 poetry

Med många kulörta lyktor

1944 poetry

With plenty of colored lanterns

Kejsarens papegoja

1951 poetry

The emperor's parrot

Från mitt ekorrhjul

1957 poetry

From my squirrel wheel

Bibliography

  • En döddansares visor (1930)
  • Barfotabarn (1933)
  • Lars och Lisa i Stockholm (1937)
  • Goggles (1938)
  • Med många kulörta lyktor (1944)
  • Kejsarens papegoja (1951)
  • Från mitt ekorrhjul (1957)

Translations of Works

  • English translations by Martin S. Allwood
  • English translations by Fred Lane
  • English translations by Thord Fredenholm
  • English translations by Roger Hinchliffe

Style & Themes

Literary Style
melancholic but with humorvivid portrayal of central Stockholm
Recurring Motifs
urban renewal in Stockholmpopular songs

Legacy

Sold over 300,000 volumes of poetry. Statues erected in Filipstad, Karlstad, and Stockholm.

In Popular Culture

  • Statues in Filipstad (sitting on bench), Karlstad (standing on table), Stockholm (lighting cigarette)

Trivia

  • Debuted as actor at 17 in Oscar Wilde's Salomé.
  • Father worked at Nya Wermlands-Tidningen.
  • Associated with Swedish ballad tradition.