CREUTZ, GUSTAV PHILIP, GREVE

(Count) born May 1, 1731, Anjala, Swedish Finland [now in Finland] died Oct. 30, 1785, Stockholm, Sweden Swedish poet whose light and graceful verse expressed the prevailing Rococo spirit and Epicurean philosophy of his time. Creutz went to Stockholm in 1751 and obtained a post at court in 1756. His literary output was small, and he is remembered mainly for two poemshis early Sommar-qvde (1756; Summer Song) and the rather erotic Daphne (1762)and for the pastoral narrative Atis och Camilla (1762). After the well-known poet Hedvig Charlotta Nordenflycht, with whom he had been closely associated, died in 1763, Creutz did not write anything of importance. He entered upon a brilliant diplomatic career for which Gustav III heaped honours upon him.