Carl Boberg

Carl Boberg was a Swedish poet, writer, newspaper editor, politician, publisher and composer (1859–1940). He was born at Mönsterås församling and died at Kalmar cathedral parish.

Also recorded as Carl Gustav Boberg; Carl Gustaf Boberg.

Carl Boberg in brief

Born
1859
Died
1940
Known for
poet, writer, newspaper editor, politician, publisher and composer
Place of birth
Mönsterås församling
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Identity and origins

The authorities additionally record the headings Carl Gustav Boberg and Carl Gustaf Boberg. His recorded language was Swedish.

He was the child of Nils Petter Jonsson Boberg and Hedvig Gustafva Persdotter. He married Anna Maria Elisabeth Persson and Selma Charlotta Elisabet Ydrén.

Catalogued works

3 works under this name are catalogued by Wikidata Query Service and The Art Institute of Chicago.

I moll och dur : blandade dikter och sånger. Skilda kväden. Descending Stairway (Treppenabgang), dated 1999, chromogenic print, held by The Art Institute of Chicago, inventory 2012.824.

In public collections

Work associated with this heading is recorded in 1 named public collection.

The Art Institute of Chicago: 1 recorded object, read from the institution's own published catalogue.

Literature

5 scholarly publications naming this subject were located in the registry of record.

Carl Boberg (1850–1940), Scandinavian Pietists, 2015. Boberg, Anna, Benezit Dictionary of Artists, 2011. Boberg, Jörgen, Benezit Dictionary of Artists, 2011. Boberg, (Gustaf) Ferdinand, Oxford Art Online, 2003. Review Paper Boberg et al., 2021.

Scholarly footprint

Bibliographic registers publish measured figures for this heading: 8 language editions of the general reference literature carrying an article (Wikimedia (language editions)). A count of publications is evidence of attention, not of standing, and is given here only as a measure.

Evidence base

This article draws on 3 independent source lineages. Copies and mirrors of the same underlying record were collapsed into a single witness, so 3 means 3 genuinely separate publishers of record. 16 further registers were consulted and returned nothing for this heading.

In detail

the recorded working language is Swedish.

Subjects and genres recorded for the work are psalm.

Places of work recorded in the authority are Stockholm and Mönsterås församling. Positions recorded include member of the First Chamber.

Distinctions recorded are Litteris et Artibus.

Chronology

  1. 1859Carl Boberg born at Mönsterås församling.
  2. 1940Carl Boberg died at Kalmar cathedral parish.
  3. 1999Descending Stairway (Treppenabgang) (The Art Institute of Chicago).

Sources

Each source is named with the standing the house places on it, so the evidence can be weighed rather than taken on trust.

  1. 1.

    Boberg, (Gustaf) Ferdinand, Oxford Art Online, 2003

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  2. 2.

    Boberg, Anna, Benezit Dictionary of Artists, 2011

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  3. 3.

    Boberg, Jörgen, Benezit Dictionary of Artists, 2011

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  4. 4.

    Carl Boberg (1850–1940), Scandinavian Pietists, 2015

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  5. 5.

    Review Paper Boberg et al., 2021

    scholarly publication · Scholarly

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  6. 6.

    The Art Institute of Chicago, collection records associated with Carl Boberg.

    museum collection · Unverified · The Art Institute of Chicago

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  7. 7.

    Wikidata, structured authority record Q3489146: Carl Boberg

    reference work · Reputable secondary · Wikimedia Foundation

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  8. 8.

    “Carl Boberg”, English Wikipedia, consulted as further reading

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