Carl Schultén (1677 in Västmanland – 1730 in

Lund Lund (, , ) is a city in the southern Swedish provinces of Sweden, province of Scania, across the Øresund, Öresund strait from Copenhagen. The town had 91,940 inhabitants out of a municipal total of 121,510 . It is the seat of Lund Municipali ...

) was a Swedish orientalist who was a professor and later the

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of the Academia Gustavo-Carolina (modern-day University of Tartu) in 1709,Piirimäe, H. 1982. ''Tartu Ülikooli ajalugu''. Tallinn: Valgus. Lk 283. and the rector for Lund University in 1721. He previously was the first ever professor of eastern languages at the university and later became the third ever professor of theology there. He was the son of Pastor Samuel Schultenius and Margareta Schultin, and his aunt was

Haqvin Spegel Haquin Spegel (Haqvin) (14 June 1645 – 17 April 1714), born ''Håkan Spegel'' in Ronneby in Blekinge (today in Sweden), was a religious author and hymn writer who held several bishop's seats. Life In 1675, the King Charles XI of Sweden appoin ...

's wife. His brother, , was a professor in Turku. One of his daughters was married to .

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Orientalists Swedish scientists Rectors of the University of Tartu Academic staff of Lund University Academic staff of the University of Tartu 1677 births 1730 deaths {{Sweden-linguist-stub