his new duties than he began to regret the step he had taken. It was nevertheless too late to go back, and Tegnér made a respectable bishop as long as his health lasted. In 1835, he was elected a member of the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences. But he became moody and melancholy; as early as 1833 he complained of fiery heats in his brain, and in 1840, during a visit to Stockholm, he suddenly became insane. Mental deterioration He was sent to an asylum in Schleswig, and early in 1841 he was cured, and able to return to Växjö. In later years Tegnér began, but left unfinished, two important epic poems, Gerda and Kronbruden. It was during his convalescence in Schleswig that he composed Kronbruden. He wrote no more of importance; in 1843 he had a stroke of apoplexy, and on 2 November 1846 he died in Växjö. Tegnérmuseet Tegnérmuseet is a museum devoted exclusively to the life and work of Esaias Tegnér. The museum is located in the house where Esaias Tegnèr lived with his family from 1813 to 1826 in the city center of Lund. Since 1997, the museum has been part of the foundation Kulturen, which also operates the open-air museum in Lund. Notes References This work in turn cites: C. W. Böttiger, Teckning af Tegnérs Lefnad (Swedish) Georg Brandes, Esaias Tegnér (1878) Johan Henrik Thomander, Tankar och Löjen (Swedish, 1876) English Axel, from the Swedish of Bishop Tegnér, adapted by Magnus Bernhard. Buffalo, N.Y., 1915 F.W. Burow's Sons (revised). Ahlberg, Fred: Masterpieces of Swedish Poetry. Tujunga, CA., 1952, C.L. Anderson. Bellquist, John Eric. Tegnér's First Romantic Poem. Scandinavica 31, no. 1 (May 1992). Boyesen, Hjalmar Hjorth. Esaias Tegnér. in Essays on Scandinavian Literature. Reprint. New York 1911, Charles Scribner's Sons. Gustavsson, Lars: Forays into Swedish Poetry. Austin 1978, Univ. of Texas Press. Locock, C. D.: Fritiof's Saga. London 1924, G. Allen & Unwin. External links Frithiofs saga af Esaias Tegnér Charles XII: on the centenary of his death 1818 The original Swedish text, as well as parallel translations by J.E.D.Bethune (1848) and Charles Harrison-Wallace (1998) and a comment by the latter. The Correspondence of Esaias Tegnér Digitised letters to Tegnér at Lund University Library (in Swedish) The Children of the Lord's Supper Tr. by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow. 1782 births 1846 deaths People from Säffle Municipality Writers from Värmland Bishops of Växjö Swedish-language writers Swedish poets