Axel Gabriel Sjöström [SEP] date of birth
Axel Gabriel Sjöström
Axel Gabriel Sjöström (16 August 1794 – 11 December 1846) 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 (Homer, Euripides, Anacreon, Theocritus
Sjöström
Sjöström is a Swedish surname. Notable people with the surname include:
- Axel Gabriel Sjöström (1794–1846), Finnish Romantic poet
- Einar Sjöström (1882–1923), Finnish architect, brother of Wilho
- Frans Anatolius Sjöström (1840–1885), Finnish architect
- Freddie Stroma (born 1987) (né Sjöström), British actor
- Fredrik Sjöström (born 1983), Swedish ice hockey player
- Joacim Sjöström (born 1964), Swedish footballer
- Juhani Sjöström (1871–1909), Finnish