Editing Freyja (section)

==In art and literature==
[[File:Ring5.jpg|thumb|upright|Freia—a combination of Freyja and the goddess [[Iðunn]]—from [[Richard Wagner]]'s opera ''[[Der Ring des Nibelungen]]'' as illustrated (1910) by [[Arthur Rackham]]]]

Into the modern period, Freyja was treated as a Scandinavian counterpart to the Roman Venus in, for example, Swedish literature, where the goddess may be associated with romantic love or, conversely, simply as a synonym for "lust and potency".{{sfnp|Näsström|1995|pp=21–22}} In the 18th century, Swedish poet [[Carl Michael Bellman]] referred to [[Stockholm]] prostitutes in his ''[[Fredmans epistlar|Fredman's Epistles]]'' as "the children of Fröja".{{sfnp|Näsström|1995|p=21}} In the 19th century, Britt-Mari Näsström observes, Swedish Romanticism focused less on Freyja's erotic qualities and more on the image of "the pining goddess, weeping for her husband".{{sfnp|Näsström|1995|p=21}}

Freyja is mentioned in the first stanza ("it is called old Denmark and it is Freja's hall") of the civil [[national anthem]] of Denmark, ''[[Der er et yndigt land]]'', written by 19th century Danish poet [[Adam Gottlob Oehlenschläger]] in 1819.{{sfnp|Andersen|1899|p=157}} In addition, Oehlenschläger wrote a comedy entitled ''Freyjas alter'' (1818) and a poem ''Freais sal'' featuring the goddess.{{sfnp|Simek|1996|p=91}}

The 19th century German composer [[Richard Wagner]]'s ''[[Der Ring des Nibelungen]]'' opera cycle features ''Freia'', the goddess Freyja combined with the apple-bearing goddess [[Iðunn]].{{sfnp|Simek|1996|p=90}}

In late 19th century and early 20th century Northern Europe, Freyja was the subject of numerous works of art, including ''Freyja'' by [[Hermann Ernst Freund|H. E. Freund]] (statue, 1821–1822), ''Freja sökande sin make'' (painting, 1852) by [[Nils Blommér]], ''Freyjas Aufnahme uner den Göttern'' (charcoal drawing, 1881), and ''Frigg; Freyja'' (drawing, 1883) by {{interlanguage link|Carl Ehrenberg (illustrator)|de|Carl Ehrenberg (Maler)}}, ''Freyja'' (1901) by [[Carl Emil Doepler|Carl Emil Doepler d. J.]], and ''Freyja and the Brisingamen'' by [[J. Doyle Penrose]] (painting, 1862–1932).{{sfnp|Simek|1996|p=91}} Like other Norse goddesses, her name was applied widely in Scandinavia to, for example, "sweetmeats or to stout carthorses".{{sfnp|Näsström|1995|p=22}}

''Vanadís'', one of Freyja's names, is the source of the name of the [[chemical element]] [[vanadium]], so named because of its many colored compounds.<ref>{{harvp|Wiberg|Wiberg|Holleman|2001|p=1345}}.  A suburb of Minneapolis, Minnesota, an area settled heavily by Scandinavians, is called "Vanadis Heights".</ref>