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Born July 17, 1862 • near Stockholm • Sweden
Died September 22, 1906 (aged 44) • Stockholm • Sweden
Notable Works “Kung Salomo och Morolf”
Movement / Style Romanticism

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Levertin, oil painting by C.O. Larsson, 1906; in the Bonniers' Collection, Stockholm
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