Ebbe Schön (13 December 1929 – 4 August 2022) was a Swedish author,
folklorist and
associate professor in literature at
Stockholm University. Besides literature, he studied
ethnology
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,
Scandinavian languages
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and
Slavonic languages at Stockholm University.
Among other things, he worked as a naval radio operator and as a press officer and film producer at the Swedish
Naval Staff, and was a radio and TV producer at
Swedish Radio and
Swedish Television
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. Schön was the head of Sweden's largest folklore collection at the
Nordic Museum
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in Stockholm for almost two decades. He wrote many books about literature, folklore and
Norse mythology, both for adults and children.
Bibliography
* ''Jan Fridegård och forntiden'' (doctor's dissertation) (1973)
* ''Jan Fridegård'' (1978)
* ''Julen förr i tiden'' (1980)
* ''Folktro i Bohuslän'' (1983)
* ''Älvor, vättar och andra väsen'' (1986)
* ''Trollguld'' (1986)
* ''Karolinens pojke'' (1988)
* ''Folktrons år'' (1989)
* ''Roddarpojken'' (1990)
* ''Häxor och trolldom'' (1991)
* ''Luffar-Olas rim och ramsor'' (1991)
* ''Kungar, krig och katastrofer'' (1993)
* ''Älskogens magi'' (1996)
* ''Vår svenska tomte'' (1996)
* ''Troll'' (1997)
* ''Sjöjungfrur, stenhuggare och gnistapor'' (1997)
* ''Svensk folktro A-Ö'' (1998)
* ''Svenska traditioner'' (1998)
* ''Troll och människa'' (1999)
* ''Drakar och trollormar'' (1999)
* ''De döda återvänder'' (2000)
* ''Älvor, troll och talande träd'' (2000)
* ''Folktro från förr'' (2001)
* ''Skepnader i skymningen'' (2001)
* ''Folktro om ödet och lyckan'' (2002)
* ''Silverpipan'' (2002)
* ''Trollkistan'' (2003)
* ''Asa-Tors hammare'' (2004)
* ''Folktrons ABC'' (2004)
* ''Kungar, krig och katastrofer'' (new enlarged edition) (2005)
* ''Vår svenske tomte'' (new enlarged edition) (2006)
* ''Folktro på fäbodvall'' (2006)
* ''Jätten i Brofjäll'' (2007)
* ''Svenska sägner'' (2008)
* ''Häxkonster och kärleksknep'' (2008)
* ''Ödet och lyckan'' (new edition of Folktro om ödet och lyckan) (2009)
* ''Erotiska väsen'' (2010)
* ''Kungar, krig och katastrofer'' (new enlarged edition) (2011)
* ''Fotspår på röd granit'' (2012)
* ''Gårdstomtens långa minne'' (2014)
* ''Fan i båten'' (2015)
* ''Mat, dryck och magi'' (2016)
* ''Gårdstomten på Ryk'' (2018)
* ''Vår svenske tomte'' (new enlarged edition) (2018)
* ''Ängel med bockfot'' (2019)
* ''Gårdstomtens tårar'' (2022)
Besides, Ebbe Schön participates in a number of anthologies, newspapers, magazines and yearbooks.
Awards and honours
* Studieförbundet Vuxenskolans folkbildningsstipendium (1989)
* Bohuslandstingets kulturpris (1990)
* Mickelpriset awarded by Berättarnätet Kronoberg and Studieförbundet Vuxenskolan in Ljungby (1999)
* Kungl. Patriotiska Sällskapets Gösta Berg-medalj (2004)
* Jöran Sahlgren-pris awarded by Kungl. Gustav Adolfs Akademien för svensk folkkultur (2005)
* Bohusläningens kulturpris (2011)
References
*
* Berättarnätet Kronoberg
''Mickelpriset''
Författarförmedlingen: Ebbe Schön
* Ekman, Arne. ''NE i tjugo band: En modern och komprimerad version av det stora uppslagsverket''. Malmö: Nationalencyklopedin (NE), 2009.
* Heurling, Bo. ''Författaren själv: Ett biografiskt lexikon av och om 1189 samtida svenska författare''. Höganäs: Wiken, 1993.
* ''Vem är det: Svensk biografisk handbok''. Stockholm: Norstedt, 1912–.
External links
LIBRIS*
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1929 births
2022 deaths
People from Lysekil Municipality
Swedish-language writers
Swedish folklorists
Folklore writers
Swedish literary scholars
Academic staff of Stockholm University
Writers on Germanic paganism
Swedish Navy officers