Axel Gabriel Sjöström
Axel Gabriel Sjöström was a Finnish educator and poet.
Biography
He was born in Janakkala, and became professor of Greek Literature at the Imperial Alexander University in Helsinki in 1833. He married Margareta Sofia Helsberg in 1828. During his lifetime a few of his poems earned him a high, but short-lived, reputation in Finnish literary circles. Aside from original poetry, Sjöström also did translations from Greek and German.Publications
De poetica facultate Coluniellae Juliets uppvaknande och död Sorgetal öfver Hans Kejserliga Majestet Alexander I, hållet uti Åbo Universitets Solennitets-sal den 4 April 1826 Taflor af vådelden i Åbo. Olympiorum ex Pindaro adunibratio- ''Circa Pindari Pythiorum quartum animadversaria''