Carl Gustaf von Brinkman

Karl Gustav Brinckmann, since 1808 Karl Gustav von Brinckmann, since 1835 Karl Gustav Freiherr von Brinckmann, also Selmar as a synonym (* February 25 1764 in Nacka, † December 24, 1847 in Stockholm) was a Swedish diplomat and German poets.

Life

Brinckmann came from a Frisian family, who had immigrated to Sweden. He attended from 1782 to 1785 the seminary of the Moravian Brethren at Barby. Here he met Friedrich Schleiermacher know, who later dedicated his writings on religion. In 1787 he began studying at the University of Halle, studied philosophy and law. In 1789 he embarked on an educational journey that led him to Wittenberg, Jena, Weimar, Leipzig and Berlin. He learned Christoph Martin Wieland know and found a way to Berlin Romanticism.

Through short activities in 1791 in the civil service, he received the confidence of King Gustav III. from Sweden. He then becomes the Secretary of Legation in Berlin and begins his diplomatic career in 1792. In Berlin, he frequented the salons romantic, learned Wilhelm and Alexander von Humboldt, and became assistant at Friedrich Schiller Musenalmanach.

From 1798-1801 he was in diplomatic affairs in Paris and frequented the home Anne Louise Germaine de Staël. Reinstated as an envoy in Berlin, he made, among other things from 1807 onwards the acquaintance of Johannes von Müller, Johann Gottlieb Fichte, Friedrich von Gentz ​​and Adam Heinrich Müller, with whom he was in frequent exchange of ideas. He accompanied the royal family as they fled to East Prussia, 1808-1810, he was ambassador in London and was deputy court chancellor in Stockholm.

His diplomatic career changed abruptly when he lost confidence in the royal court. He applied in 1835 only to the literature, which he published in the Swedish language. His extensive correspondence, which he greatly enjoyed, shows him as a witty conversationalist.

Works

  • Poems 2 volumes Leipzig 1789
  • Poems 1804
  • Filosophische Views 1806
  • Vitterhets - Försök 2 volumes Stockholm 1842/43
  • Letters from and to Karl Gustav von Brinckmann 1910
  • Mss - SLG. At Castle TrolleLjungby ( Prov. Scania) edited by G. Anderson as " handlingar for. V. Brinckman # ska Archivet pa * Trolle Ljungby - Volumes 1 and 2 Örebro 1859, 1865
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