Gunnar Olof Hyltén-Cavallius

Gunnar Olof Hyltén-Cavallius was born on 18 May 1818 in Vislanda, the son of a pastor from Småland, and knew the tales of his province before he studied them. He worked at the Royal Library from 1839 to 1856, was director of the Royal Theatres in Stockholm from 1856 to 1860, then chargé d'affaires in Brazil until 1864; he afterwards devoted his life to his native province and published a major work on its customs and beliefs, which remains the reference on the folklore of southern Sweden. His collections formed the basis of the Småland museum. He died in Skatelöv on 5 July 1889.

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• TaleSvenska folksagor och äfventyrGunnar Olof Hyltén-Cavallius · 1844not translated into EnglishLiterature