Carl Gustaf af Leopold

Carl Gustaf af Leopold studied at Uppsala University and University of Greifswald. The recorded working language is Swedish. Places of work recorded in the authority are Stockholm. Positions recorded include seat 16 of the Swedish Academy. Distinctions recorded are Knight of the Order of the Polar Star and Commander of the Order of the Polar Star.

He attained distinction in Swedish letters, his first work to attract wide attention being his Ode on the Birth of the Prince-Royal Gustavus Adolphus (1778). He was appointed private secretary to Gustavus III in 1788 and stood high in the regard of that monarch. His odes on the martial achievements of the Swedes were among his most popular productions, and his tragedies Odin (1790) and Virginia (1802) were highly successful. He attempted all forms of poetry save the epic. In 1799 he was made deputy director (kansliråd). In 1818 he was appointed State Secretary. He was a bulwark of French Classicism against the attacks of the Romantic Phosphorists. He has been compared to the German Johann Christoph Gottsched. His Samlade skrifter were published (Vols. I-III, 1800–02; Vols. IV-VI, 1831–33).