Herman Sätherberg

Karl or Carl Herman Sätherberg ( born June 15 or June 19, 1812 in Tumba, † January 9, 1897 in Stockholm) was a Swedish physician and poet.

Sätherberg went Straengnaes to school and then studied from 1830 at the University of Uppsala, where he earned his fil.kand. took off. He then moved to the University of Lund, where he received his doctoral degree in 1843. 1844/45 he was a ship's doctor on the Corvette Karlskrona during a Mediterranean expedition. The memories of this trip he worked also literary.

He led from 1847 to 1877 or 1879, the gymnastic - orthopedic Institute in Stockholm, attended by Selma Lagerlof was treated. It describes the institution and the professor in her diary entry of 11 February 1873. Sätherberg, who made ​​numerous trips, in order to ascertain the state of orthopedics in Europe, was among other things the medical writings Anmärkningar vid gymnastikens terminological including utkast till system för kroppställningarnes benämnand ( Stockholm 1853), Om Nagra väsentliga fei i barnauppfostran och om det uppväxande slägtets fysiska försämring ( Stockholm 1856), Om gymnast. - orthopediska institutet, concerning ställning och verksamhet ( Stockholm 1866) and Om de tvänne olika gymnastikmetoderna, the manuela och the Mekaniska ( Stockholm 1872) out. In addition, he has published numerous articles in medical journals.

Sätherberg wrote the lyrics to Aftonen, which was composed by Hugo Alfvén, and to Hemlängtan, set to music the Prince Gustaf ( 1827-1852 ). As his most famous poem applies Aphilda; was awarded by the Swedish Academy his work Blomsterkonungen about Linnaeus. Sätherberg wrote a comedy titled Bellman and another piece called Naima. 1896 came out his memoirs.