Education
He was educated at Lund University, where he was professor of German (1850-1859), of aesthetics (1859-1889) and rector (1875-1885).
man of letters professor of German
He was educated at Lund University, where he was professor of German (1850-1859), of aesthetics (1859-1889) and rector (1875-1885).
His most important work, Svenska vitterhetens häfder från Gustaf III:s död (5 vols, Lund, 1873-1895), is a comprehensive study of Swedish literature in the 19th century. His other works include: Framställning af de fornämsta esthetiska systemerna ("An exposition of the principal system of aesthetics". 2 vols, 1856-1860); Svenska dramat till slutet af sjuttonde århundradet ("a history of the Swedish drama down to the end of the 17th century", Lund, 1864).
Bellman och Fredmans epistlar: en studie (1864), and a history of the Swedish Academy in the year of its centenary (1886). His scattered writings were collected as Smärre skrifter (3 vols, 1872-1881).
[Swedish Academy; Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences]
He had been a member of the Swedish Academy for twenty years at the time of his death in 1905. He was elected a member of the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences in 1881.