Background
Although he grew up in poor circumstances he studied at Uppsala University and managed to get a Master of Arts degree.
Although he grew up in poor circumstances he studied at Uppsala University and managed to get a Master of Arts degree.
He wrote under the pseudonym Vitalis (which roughly means "life is a battle" in Latin). He mostly worked as private tutor while he was writing. Among his most widely known poems are Enslingens sång i den stora öknen ("The lonely man"s song in the great desert") and Komiska fantasier ("Comical fantasies").
Sjöberg made translations of Thomas Moore and Washington Irving.
Vi skulle jag ej möta glad minimum plåga (1937 nr 387). Bearbetad av Olle Nivenius Jag ber om hjälp till stillhet i minimum plåga (1986 nr 573)
Minister vän är ljuv, minimum vän är mild (1921 nr 586).
Dikten Den bästa vännen skriven 1824.
His poetry was characterized by the ideals of romanticism, id est (that is) melancholy and spiritual ecstacy, but he also wrote many comical and satirical poems.
