OLBERS, Ernst Gustaf Ferdinand. Skara 8.11.1837 — Stockholm 25.10.1919. Swedish Priest interested in Sanskrit. Son of the District Judge Jan Nikolaus Olbers (1798–1859) and Marianne Ahlberg, nephew of the Theologian Carl Olbers (1819–1882). After school in Skara and Gothenburg studies of philology at Lund from 1856. M.A. and Ph.D. 1862.…
NYBERG, Henrik Samuel. Söderbärke, Dalarne 28.12.1889 — Uppsala 9.2.1974. Swedish Semitic and Iranian Scholar. Professor in Uppsala. Born in humble conditions as the son of Anders Fredrik Nyberg (1854–1912), a poor curate, and Ida Mathilda Jansson (1867–1911), educated at home and in Västerås. In 1908 started Classical and Oriental studies…
LINDQUIST, Carl Sigurd. Ugglum, Skaraborgs län 12.6.1895 — 11.8.1943. Swedish Indologist and Scholar of Religion. Son of Johan Leonard L., a farmer, and Ida Maria Westerling. After school in Uppsala, from 1914 studies at Uppsala. Fil.kand. 1915, Teol.kand. 1918, Fil.lic. 1920 (under K. F. Johansson), Ph.D. 1932 Uppsala. Ordained as…
LIEBERT, Karl Gösta. Torsby, Göteborgs & Bohus län 11.3.1916 — Sävsjö, Jönköpings län 17.11.1998. Swedish Indologist and Linguist. Son of Karl Julius Liebert, a physician, and Hilda Amalia Karlsson (1879–1917), an elementary school teacher. Matriculation 1935 from Gothenburg. Studies at Göteborg Högskola (kand.hum. 1935) and Lund (kand.phil. 1939, lic.phil. 1943).…
LIDÉN, Bror Per Evald. Skandared, Sandhult, Älvsborg län 3.10.1862 — Gothenburg 11.10.1939. Swedish Indologist and IE Scholar. Professor in Gothenburg. Son of farmer Gustaf Lidén (1824–1884) and Sissa Nilsson, educated in Borås and Jönköping. Studies at Uppsala from 1883: fil.kand. (M.A.) 1890, fil.lic. 1895. From 1895 PD of IE linguistics…
KLEEN (af Kleen), Tyra. Stockholm 29.3.1874 — Stockholm 17.9.1951. Swedish Painter interested in South and South-East Asia. Daughter of Richard Kleen (1841-1923), diplomat and juridical author, and Maria Charlotta Amelia Wattrang. Educated at home, mainly by her grandfather Nils Adolf Wattrang (d. 1890), in the 1890s art studies in Germany…
HEUMAN, Ernst Otto August. Halmstad 9.7.1858 — Trichinopoly (Tiruchirappalli) 25.8.1926. Swedish Missionary and Scholar of Religion and Languages in India. Son of alderman Anders Gustaf Heuman (1816–1867) and Christina Margareta Theolander. From 1877 studies of classical philology and Semitics at Uppsala, fil.kand. 1880, fil.lic. 1886. After a few years as…
HEDSTRÖM, Oskar Fritiof (Frithiof). Tingstäde, Gotland 10.7.1846 — Stockholm 4.3.1925. Swedish Schoolteacher and Student of Philology. Son of Captain Claës Hedström (1794–1870) and Emilia Charlotta Grubb. Matriculated 1865, from 1867 studies at Uppsala. Kand.fil. 1875, Ph.D. 1875 Uppsala. From 1876 kollega (teacher) in Köping, from 1886 adjunkt (teacher) in Sundsvall…
HEDIN, Sven Anders. Stockholm 19.2.1865 — Stockholm 26.11.1952. Swedish Explorer and Central Asian Scholar. Made several journeys of exploration to Iran, Central Asia and Tibet. Son of Stadsarchitekt Abraham Ludvig Hedin (1826–1917) and Anna Sofia Carolina Berlin (1838–1925). Matriculated 1885 from Stockholm. In 1886-88 studied geology at Stockholm and Uppsala…
JULIUSSON, Per Vilhelm Hilding. Stockholm 18.7.1916 — Vallentuna, Uppland 29.10.1977. Swedish Priest, Missionary, and Scholar of Comparative Religion. Son of estate owner Carl Vilhelm Juliusson (1884–1965) and Anna Elisabet Eriksson. Educated in Stockholm, worked as a teacher. From 1937 renewed studies at Stockholm (M.A. 1941) and Uppsala (M.Theol. 1944), ordained…