Karl Gustaf von Brinkman

Karl Gustaf von Brinkman (25 February 1764 – 25 December 1847) was a Swedish and German classicist poet, writer and diplomat.

His education was from the beginning of strictly religious orientation, as his father intended him for a missionary work.

Through his activities in 1791 in government service, he received the confidence of King Gustav III of Sweden.

In Berlin, he moved in the romantic salons, met William and Alexander von Humboldt, and was assistant at Friedrich Schiller's Musen-Almanach.

From 1798 until 1801 he was involved in diplomatic affairs in Paris and at this time frequented the house of Anne Louise Germaine de Staël.