John Landquist (3 December 1881 in Stockholm – 2 April 1974 in

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) was a

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literary critic, literary scholar, writer and professor of

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and

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, he was a member of the student organization '' Les quatre diables'' together with Sven Lidman, Sigurd Agrell and Harald Brising. Landquist was engaged in Strindbergsfejden and released

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's works. In 1916 he wrote a monograph on

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and was ready to introduce

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's theory of manners into Swedish

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. He also translated Freud's works into Swedish. Landquist was married to

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from 1910 to 1922 and later, from 1938, to Solveig Landquist. Landquist's critical review of the 1946 book '' Pippi Långstrump'' was the beginning of a newspaper debate where people protested against Astrid Lindgren's manner of writing children's books. In 1971 Landquist received " De Nios Stora Pris".

Selected bibliography

*1906 – ''Filosofiska essayer'' (philosophy) *1908 – ''Viljan : en psykologisk-etisk undersökning'' (philosophy) *1909 – ''Verner von Heidenstam : en essay'' (

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) *1913 – ''Essayer : ny samling'' (history of literature) *1916 – ''Gustaf Fröding : en psykologisk och litteraturhistorisk studie'' (history of literature) *1917 – ''Knut Hamsun : En studie över en nordisk romantisk diktare'' (history of literature) *1920 – ''Människokunskap : en studie över den historiska och den konstnärliga kunskapen'' (knowledge theory) *1924 – ''Erik Gustav Geijer : hans levnad och verk'' (history of literature) *1927 – ''Erik Hedén : En levnadsteckning'' (biography) *1928 – ''Henri Bergson : en populär framställning av hans filosofi'' (history of philosophy) *1929 – ''Modern svensk litteratur i Finland'' (history of literature) *1929 – ''Uppsalafilosofien och sanningen : några ord om två sakkunniga för tillsättandet av filosofiprofessuren i Lund'' (philosophy) *1931 – ''Humanism : inlägg'' (history of literature) *1935 – ''Till humanistiska sektionen vid Lunds universitet'' *1935 – ''Själens enhet / tre föreläsningar'' (psychology) *1940 – ''Psykologi'' *1941 – ''Pedagogikens historia'' *1944 – ''Efter fyllda fyrtio år'' (psychology) *1949 – ''Som jag minns dem'' (biography and history of literature) *1952 – ''Våra fördomar'' *1954 – ''Geijer: en levnadsteckning'' (biography) *1957 – ''I ungdomen : scener ur den förlorade tiden'' (history of literature) *1959 – ''Charles Darwin : liv och verk'' (biography) *1964 – ''Poul Bjerre : själsläkaren och konstnären'' (biography) *1965 – ''Livet i Katarina'' (geography and church history) *1970 – ''Tankar om den skapande individen'' (history of literature and psychology)

References and sources

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Landquist, John 1881 births 1974 deaths Writers from Stockholm Swedish literary scholars Swedish literary critics Swedish psychologists Swedish educators Swedish male writers Swedish-language writers Academic staff of Uppsala University Academic staff of Lund University Burials at Norra begravningsplatsen 20th-century psychologists