He was born at
Stockholm,
Sweden. After growing up in an orphanage he tried various professions, including that of
actor and
wig-maker, before he set seriously to work as a playwright in 1854. Afterwards he was appointed a reader, and then teacher, at the
Royal Theatre in Stockholm (1861), and later director of the New Theatre,
Gothenburg (1881). In 1883 he gave up this position to devote himself entirely to writing. His works include comedies, tragedies, adaptations, translations, vaudevilles, and poems. The best known of his plays is
Bröllopet på Ulfåsa (The Wedding at
Ulfåsa; 1865). He also wrote
Svenska skådespelare: karakteristiker och porträtter (Swedish Actors: Characteristics and Portraits, 1884) and
Svenska operasångare: karakteristiker och porträtter (Swedish Opera Singers: Characteristics and Portraits, 1885) as well as other works dealing with theater subjects. ==References==