Hjalmar Karl Emil Dahl (15 May 1891 – 19 October 1960) was a Finnish-Swedish journalist, translator and author.Wikiaineisto: Kuka kukin oli 1961
(in Finnish)

Biography

Hjalmar Dahl was born in Parikkala to pharmacist Johan Dahl (1861–1908) and Betty Kiljander (1865–1927). After graduating in

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in 1910, he moved to the

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, where he graduated in 1913. After returning to Finland, he began his almost 30-year career as a journalist in the

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department of ''

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'', in addition to which he was editor-in-chief of ''Nya Tidningen'' from 1922 to 1925. He was also the editor-in-chief of ''Helsingfors-Journalen'' from 1929 to 1944, the editor of ''Månads-Revyn'' from 1940 to 1944 and the editor-in-chief of ''Aftonposten'' from 1944 to 1945. Dahl was the executive director of the from 1923 to 1926, and from 1945 Dahl was a freelance author. As a writer, Dahl translated many Russian literary classics as well as works by F. E. Sillanpää into Swedish. From 1955, Dahl lived in

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,Dahl, Hjalmar
– Boksampo (in Swedish) where he died on October 19, 1960.Hjalmar Dahl
– Svenskt översättarlexikon (in Swedish) He was buried in Näsinmäki Cemetery.Hjalmar Dahl 1891 - 1960
– BillionGraves

Bibliography

* ''Erik Åmarks oro''.

Schildts Schildts Förlags Ab was a Swedish-language book publisher in Finland. The publisher published textbooks as well as fiction and non-fiction. The head office was in Helsinki and there was a branch located in Vaasa. The publisher was owned by Svens ...

, 1931 * ''Uppbrott''. Schildts, 1932 * ''Herrarna till Kaukola''. Schildts, 1941 * ''Store dvärgen''. Schildts, 1946 * ''Helsingfors – det havsomflutna''. Schildts, 1949 * ''Finlands svenskar : upplagsverk''. Söderström, 1956

References

1891 births 1960 deaths Finnish journalists Finnish translators Finnish writers in Swedish People from Parikkala {{Finland-bio-stub