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He was born at Uleaborg in Finland on the 9th of February 1772 in the family of merchant Zahris Fransen (1744-1787) and Elena Shulin. His family descended from Kexholm (now the Russian city of Priozersk).
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He was born at Uleaborg in Finland on the 9th of February 1772 in the family of merchant Zahris Fransen (1744-1787) and Elena Shulin. His family descended from Kexholm (now the Russian city of Priozersk).
At thirteen he entered the university of Abo, where he attended the lectures of H. G. Porthan (1739 - 1804), a pioneer in the study of Finnish history and legend. He graduated in 1789, and became " eloquentiae docens " in 1792.
In 1795 Fransen found a job as a home teacher in the family of Carl Fredrik Bremer, who later was born the daughter of Frederik - a famous writer. Together with Bremer, he went on a trip to Europe in the same year. He visited Denmark, Germany, France and Great Britain. During this trip he was appointed in absentia as a university librarian in Turku. In 1796, he took this position, in 1798 became a professor of the history of philosophy, and in 1801 - a professor of history and practical philosophy. In 1800-1811, he was the inspector of the Nyaland Student Brotherhood. In 1808, Fransen was elected to the Swedish Academy, and from 1824 to 1834 he was it permanent secretary. In 1815 he became a member of the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences. In 1793, Franzen made his debut as a poet in the newspaper "Stockholm-Posten" by the poem "The Face of Man", one of the best examples of Swedish pre-Romanticism. Among the other poems published in it, the "Old Soldier" and "Young Girl" are noteworthy. They immediately gained wide popularity, and the young poet became known in Sweden and Finland. Inspired by success, Franzen in the next two years published many poems in the same "Stockholm-Posten" and "Abo Tidningar" - the newspaper, which became editor in 1794. A notable phenomenon was his romantic poem "The New Eden. " Franzen rejected the French models that prevailed in the Swedish literature of that time. He was very impressed by the work of Anna Maria Lengnren and the German front-men. Franzen was influenced by such poets as the German Friedrich Gottlieb Klopstock and the Englishmen John Milton and James Thomson. In 1796, returning from his journey through Europe, he wrote his most famous poem - "The Song of Count Gustave Philippe Kreutz", completely free then from the widespread in the Swedish elegant literature of formalism. The following year, at the suggestion of Johan Henrik Celgren, the "Song" was awarded the Grand Prix of the Swedish Academy. The prerequisite for the presentation of this award to the author was the requirement to remake this work in accordance with the tastes of members of the Academy. And this for a long time repelled Franzen's desire to write. After a long break, Franzen resumed his literary career. He painted a large national epic "Gustav Adolf i Tyskland" by the hexameter, remarkable for its colorful description. A significant part of the writer's work was composed of psalms: twenty-two entered the collection of the psalms, published in 1819, and in the collection published in 1986, there were only thirteen of them. Together with Johan Olof Vallin, Fransen took an active part in compiling the collection. Widely known are his songs, especially the drinking ones - "God's gosse, glaset töm", "Glädjens ögonblick" and "Champagne", as well as poems about Fanny , which the author subsequently combined with his early poems, the heroine of which was Selma, in a cycle called "Selma och Fanny". These poems are characterized by cheerfulness and lyricism. In 1810, Franzen began publishing a collection of "Poetic Things", from which only one volume was published. The next seven volumes were published in 1824-1861, and in 1867-1869 a new edition was published under the title "Selected Poems. " Among other works of the writer - "For the rich and poor", "Works in Freestyle", "Sermons", "Disparate sermons and small spiritual works" and "Biographies".
As prose writer Franzen became known for his "The Tale of the Swedish Queens", dedicated to the marriage of Gustaf IV Adolf. He was also famous as a preacher and rhetorician. He got Order of the Polar Star - not earlier than in 1831, Honorary Doctorate of Uppsala University, 1839 and Honorary Doctorate of Helsinki University in 1840. In 1881 in Oulu in front of the building of the provincial government was opened the bust of Fransen.
Since 1901, February 9, the birthday of Frans Mikael Franzen, appeared in Swedish almanacs as the day of Fanny - a woman about whom Franzen wrote in verse.
In 1910 in Hernesand the monument to Franzen was opened. It is a bronze statue of the poet who is reading his book, and the socle granite group is Selma and Fanny. In the Gothenburg Museum there is a small copy of this monument.
In 1946, in Kumla, a memorial stone was placed near the church in honor of Franzen. There is also a commemorative plaque at the pastor's office.
In 1972, in honor of the 200th anniversary of the birth of the poet, a postage stamp was issued, which cost 50 years.
In the name of Franzen - Fransengatan / Franzéngatan - the streets in Hernosand, Stockholm and Eskilstuna are named. The Royal Square in Oulu was renamed into the Franzen Park.
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In 1803, Fransen learned and received a parish in Pemar. After the Russo-Swedish war of 1808-1809, Finland became part of the Russian Empire. Fransen was forced to choose: either stay at home, or move to Sweden. In the summer of 1811, he emigrated and became a pastor in Kumla in the Orebro County. He had a pastor in Hallsberg. In 1818 he became a doctor of theology, and in 1820 - a dean. Fransen was a representative of the clergy in the Riksdag in 1823-1841, with certain interruptions. At one of his first meetings in Parliament, Francois called himself a Finno-Swede. In those days this word denoted all the inhabitants of the Grand Duchy of Finland - both ethnic Finns and ethnic Swedes. In 1824 he received a parish in Stockholm. In 1831, Fransen was elected bishop of Hernosand. He began to fulfill his new duties not earlier than 1834, and did so until his death. The Hernesand Cathedral was built during his service. Then Hernosand diodezium covered all the territories of Sweden to the north of Uppsala diocese.
Membership in the Royal Swedish Academy of Literature, History and Antiquities; Membership at the Royal Swedish Academy of Music; Membership in the Swedish Academy (chair number 13), 1808; Membership in the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences (No. 367), 1815
From childhood, Frances Michael was painful, weak, but distinguished by perseverance and firmness. Franzen's talent was limited to lyrics and in this area was rich and original. He well noticed the idyllic parts in nature and in life and was able to make his thoughts in a beautiful form. Epic and dramatic works of his were not entirely successful, spiritual songs were excellent.
Frans Mikael Franzen first married in 1799 on the merchant's daughter Margaret Elizabeth ("Lilly") Roos (1779-1806). In 1807, after her death, the second wife was the widow of his friend Michael Horeus, Sofia Christina Wester (1780-1829). In 1831, Franz married for the third time - on Christine Elizabeth Arvidsson (1783-1859). At the end of his life, Franzen had only seven children and twenty-three grandchildren. Of the four children from his first wife at that time, only one was alive. Of nine in the second marriage - six. His son Zacharias (Zet) Mikael Franzen was consul and owned estates in Huddinge. Franzen's son-in-law was a priest, historian and poet Andes Abraham Grofström. Daughter Maria Elena Rosina married Charles Daniel von Haartman. Their daughter Fanny von Born was great-great-grandmother of Olof Palme from her father's side. In 2011, there were over a thousand direct descendants of France Mikael Franzen. None of them carried his surname and only one wrote poetry.
