Oscar Patric Sturzen-Becker

Oscar Patric Sturzen-Becker (1811, Stockholm – 1869) was a Swedish poet, writer and journalist, who often wrote under the pseudonym Orvar Odd.

"Orvar Odd" redirects here. For the legendary Icelandic hero, see Örvar-Oddr.

Oscar Patric Sturzen-Becker

He wrote several volumes of poetry, and worked at different newspapers, most notable in the 1830s at the liberal Aftonbladet,[1] and in the short lived 1940s weekly publication Stockholms Figaro.[2]

The street Orvar Odds väg at Kungsholmen in Stockholm is named after him, and in Helsingborg there is a Sturzen-Beckers park.

References
  1. "Oscar Patric Sturzen-Becker". 7 July 2020.
  2. Palmblad, Vilhelm Fredrik; Wieselgren, Peter; Werner, Karl Fredrik (1849). Biografiskt lexicon öfver namnkunnige svenska män ... (in Swedish). Palmblad och Sebell. p. 184.
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