Historical Dictionary of Scandinavian Literature and Theater

AURORA SOCIETY

Aurora Society: translation

Started by a group of Swedish students in 1808, Auroraforbundet (TheAurora Society) published the journalPhosphorus. The group promoted the ideas ofromanticismin Sweden and emphasized the ability of the poet to be in touch with a transcendental reality beyond the visible world. Its greatest luminary wasPer Daniel Amadeus Atterbom.