FRANZEN, FRANS MICHAEL Finnish at Abo where he became professor in 1798. On the annexation of Finland to Russia in 1809, he went to Sweden and in 1831 was appointed bishop of Hernosand, where he died on Aug. 14, His poems, which show a naive, idyllic spirit, were published in 7 vols. (Obebro 1867-9). His chief prose works are: Minnesteck ninger, a collection of Swedish biographies (3 vols., 1848-6o) and Predikningar (5 vols., 1841-45)