Kriser och Kransar

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Kriser och Kransar (1926), meaning "Crises and Laurel Wreaths," is a significant work by Swedish songwriter and poet Birger Sjoberg. This collection is described as a "relentless and explosive confrontation with post-World War I life" and marked an artistic breakthrough for Sjoberg, introducing new forms and highly modern poetic devices into his work. It was a departure from his earlier popular song collections like Fridas bok and his novel Kvartetten som sprängdes, as Sjoberg apparently desired his reputation to be based on more substantial literary achievements.

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…unleashed his full fury in Kriser och Kransar (1926; “Crises and Laurel Wreaths”), a relentless and explosive confrontation with post-World War I life and an artistic breakthrough to new forms and highly modern poetic devices.
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…unleashed his full fury in Kriser och Kransar (1926; “Crises and Laurel Wreaths”), a relentless and explosive confrontation with post-World War I life and an artistic breakthrough to new forms and highly modern poetic devices.
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