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May 1, 1731, Anjala, Swedish Finland [now in Finland]
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October 30, 1785, Stockholm, Sweden (aged 54)
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Gustav Philip, Count Creutz

Swedish poet
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Gustav Philip, Count Creutz (born May 1, 1731, Anjala, Swedish Finland [now in Finland]—died October 30, 1785, Stockholm, Sweden) was a Swedish poet whose light and graceful verse expressed the prevailing Rococo spirit and Epicurean philosophy of his time.

Creutz went to Stockholm in 1751 and obtained a post at court in 1756. His literary output was small, and he is remembered mainly for two poems—his early “Sommar-qväde” (1756; “Summer Song”) and the rather erotic “Daphne” (1762)—and for the pastoral narrative Atis och Camilla (1762). After the well-known poet Hedvig Charlotta Nordenflycht, with whom he had been closely associated, died in 1763, Creutz did not write anything of importance. He entered upon a brilliant diplomatic career for which Gustav III heaped honours upon him.

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