18th century Swedish occasional poetry in a new light

In this project, the aim is to ask what the expressions of the relaxation of the principle of “decorum” 18th century Swedish occasional poetry were and what it meant for occasional writing in Sweden between 1700 and 1800.

The received view of 18th century Swedish occasional poetry is that it is an established genre governed by set rules, encouraging poets to observe “decorum”. However, during the twenty years that Daniel Möller has been doing research in this field, he has observed that a radical change occurs in the way certain influential poets employ the principle of “decorum”, thus affecting the development of Swedish occasional verse. In this project, Möller’s aim is to ask what the expressions of this relaxation were and what it meant for occasional writing in Sweden between 1700 and 1800.