BREMER, bri'mer, Fredrika, Swedish novelist : b. Tuorla, Finland, 17 Aug. 1801; d. Arsta, 31 Dec. 1865. At 17 she was taken on a tour through Germany, Switzerland and France. In 1828 appeared the first volume of her of Everyday Life,' but the second volume, (The H. Family> (1833; English transl., 1844), first revealed her power. From this time she devoted herself to writing stories that quickly became popular in translations far beyond the bounds of Sweden, and she varied her literary labor by long journeys in Italy, England, the United States, Greece and Pales tine, which supplied the materials for her (Homes of the New World' (1853), and (Life in the Old World> (1862), full of fine descrip tions of scenery and vivid pictures of social life, with sound views on political and moral ques tions. The admirable translations of Mary How itt had preceded her in the United States as well as England, and insured her an equally warm welcome on both sides of the Atlantic. On her
return to Sweden she gave herself up to philan thropy, but more particularly to the education and emancipation of women, and the conse quent propagandist character of her later novels, 'Bertha) and (Father and
(1859), was detrimental in no small degree to their literary value. Her religious views she set forth in her (Morning Watches) (1842). She has been called the Jane Austen of Sweden. Of her stories perhaps the most perfect is
Neighbors' (1837). (The Diary,'