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C.D. Warner, et al., comp.
The Library of the World’s Best Literature. An Anthology in Thirty Volumes. 1917.

Arvid August Afzelius (1785–1871)

Afzelius, Arvid August (äf-tsā’li-ös). A Swedish writer and poet (1785–1871), esteemed particularly for his researches in old Norse history and literature; translated the poetical Edda, and with Geijer edited a famous collection of old Swedish folksongs (Stockholm, 1814–17, 3 vols.). As a poet he is best known by his ‘Romances.’