Stockholms Figaro

Stockholms Figaro was a Swedish illustrated fiction short lived weekly^[1] publication, published in Stockholm, Sweden,^[2] between December 1844^[3][4] through the end of 1847.^[5][6][7][8] Albert Bonnier^[5][9] was the editor and publisher.^[1][10]

Stockholm Figaro no. 53, 1845

The content of Stockholms Figaro consisted mostly of poems,^[11] short stories, literary and art^[12] criticism. Each edition had about seven pages.^[6] Among the staff were Carl August Adlersparre (Albano), August Blanche,^[13] JG Carlén, M. Cramser (Caprice), JA Kiellman-Göransson (Nepomuk), GH Mellin, Johan Nybom, Oscar Patric Sturzen-Becker (Orvar Odd),^[14] V. Stålberg and Carl Anton Wetterbergh (Uncle Adam).^[15]

Author describes:^[5]

Albert's long-term plan was to attract the sharpest pens in the country through periodic publishing... he launched Stockholm's Figaro, a fiction writing illustrated weekly with Albert himself as editor.

See also

Mathilda Ebeling