Editing Gustaf Fröding (section)

==Poetry==
His poetry combines formal virtuosity with a sympathy for the ordinary, the neglected and the down-trodden, sometimes written in [[Swedish dialects|his own regional dialect]]. It is highly musical and lends itself to musical setting; many of his poems have been set to music and recorded by Swedish singers such as [[Olle Adolphson]], [[Monica Zetterlund]], the Värmland group [[Sven-Ingvars]] and the Swedish band [[Mando Diao]]. 

Fröding wrote openly about his personal problems with alcohol and women and had to face a trial for obscenity.

{{Verse translation|lang=sv|
Jag köpte min kärlek för pengar,
för mig var ej annan att få,
sjung vackert, I skorrande strängar,
sjung vackert om kärlek ändå.

Den drömmen, som aldrig besannats,
som dröm var den vacker att få,
för den, som ur Eden förbannats,
är Eden ett Eden ändå.
|attr1=from ''Gralstänk''|
I purchased my love (how dearly!)
For money — what else could I get?
O jangling strings, sound clearly
The theme of my love-song yet!

For the dream, though the truth were vanished,
Was the princeliest dream I could get,
And for him who from Eden is banished
Is Eden an Eden yet.|attr2=Translation by [[C. D. Locock]]}}