Editing August Strindberg (section)

===Death and funeral===
[[File:Strindberg 2.jpg|thumb|right|Strindberg in his later years]]
Strindberg died shortly after the first staging of one of his plays in the [[United States]] — ''[[The Father (Strindberg)|The Father]]'' opened on 9 April 1912 at the Berkeley Theatre in New York, in a translation by painter and playwright Edith Gardener Shearn Oland and her husband actor [[Warner Oland]].<ref>Oland and Oland (1912a) and (1912b, v).</ref> They jointly published their translations of his plays in book form in 1912.

During Christmas 1911, Strindberg became sick with [[pneumonia]] and he never recovered completely. He also began to suffer more clearly from a [[stomach cancer]] (early signs of which had been felt in 1908). The final weeks of his life were painful. He had long since become a national celebrity, even if highly controversial, and when it became clear that he was seriously ill the daily papers in Stockholm began reporting on his health in every edition. He received many letters and telegrams from admirers across the country.<ref name="gefle">{{cite news |url=http://www.gd.se/kultur/pa-nya-kyrkogarden-vill-jag-ligga |title=På Nya Kyrkogården vill jag ligga... |last=Attius |first=Håkan |language=sv |newspaper=[[Gefle Dagblad]] |date=22 May 2012 |access-date=26 June 2017 |archive-date=11 October 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171011072158/http://www.gd.se/kultur/pa-nya-kyrkogarden-vill-jag-ligga |url-status=dead }}</ref> He died on 14 May 1912 at the age of 63.<ref>{{cite book|url=https://play.google.com/store/books/details?id=j8ZMAAAAMAAJ&rdid=book-j8ZMAAAAMAAJ&rdot=1|title=August Strindberg: the spirit of revolt: studies and impressions|author=Lizzy Lind-af-Hageby|date=1 January 1913|publisher=Stanley Paul}}</ref>

Strindberg was interred at [[Norra begravningsplatsen]] in Stockholm. He had given strict instructions concerning his funeral and how his body should be treated after death: only members of his immediate family were allowed to view his body, there would be no autopsy, no photographs were taken, and no [[death mask]] was made. Strindberg had also requested that his funeral should take place as soon as possible after his death to avoid crowds of onlookers. However, the workers' organisations requested that the funeral should take place on a Sunday to make it possible for working men to pay their respects, and the funeral was postponed for five days, until Sunday, 19 May. According to Strindberg's last wish, the funeral procession was to start at 8am, again to avoid crowds, but large groups of people were nevertheless waiting outside his home as well as at the cemetery, as early as 7am. A short service was conducted by [[Nathan Söderblom]] by the bier in Strindberg's home, in the presence of three of Strindberg's children and his housekeeper, after which the coffin was taken outside for the funeral procession. The procession was followed by groups of students, workers, members of Parliament and a couple of cabinet ministers, and it was estimated that up to 60,000 people lined the streets. King [[Gustaf V]] sent a wreath for the bier.<ref name="gefle" /><ref name="svd funeral">{{cite news|url=https://www.svd.se/brottningen-med-gud-praglade-begravningen |title=Brottningen med Gud präglade begravningen |last=Krook |first=Caroline |language=sv |newspaper=[[Svenska Dagbladet]] |date=22 May 2012 |access-date=26 June 2017}}</ref>