摘要:It has been a while since we have had a Bellman biography. Paul Britten-Austin’s of 1967 (Sw. transl. 1970) and Lars Huldén’s of 1994 are apparently the most recent. In a story for which there is very little new information, Leif Landen’s is a solid summary of what we know and sets Bellman firmly into his context. Bellman’s texts are always seen as a part of his life, and Landen does not ascribe undue biographical weight to them, though he does try to pull out potentially biographical references.