Fryxell, Andres

Fryxell, Andres a Swedish historian, was born February 7, 1795, at Hasselskoj, in Dalsland. In 1822 he was teacher, in 1828 rector of the Marien school at Stockholm, in 1833 professor, and in 1836 pastor at Sunne, one of the largest parishes of Sweden. In 1840 he was received into the Stockholm Academy, and in 1845 made doctor of theology. He died March 21, 1881. He is known as the author of Berichte aus der Schwedischen Geschichte, of which more than forty volumes have been published since 1823. (B.P.)