Nils Ahnlund (23 August 1889 – 11 January 1957) was a

Swedish Swedish or ' may refer to: Anything from or related to Sweden, a country in Northern Europe. Or, specifically: * Swedish language, a North Germanic language spoken primarily in Sweden and Finland ** Swedish alphabet, the official alphabet used by ...

historian. He was professor of history at the then-

Stockholm University College Stockholm University ( sv, Stockholms universitet) is a public research university in Stockholm, Sweden, founded as a college in 1878, with university status since 1960. With over 33,000 students at four different faculties: law, humanities, soci ...

1928–1955, and became a member of the Swedish Academy in 1941. He was the father of physician Hans Olof Ahnlund, literary scientist Knut Ahnlund and the grandfather of journalist and writer Nathan Shachar.

Biography

Nils Ahnlund was born in

Uppsala Uppsala (, or all ending in , ; archaically spelled ''Upsala'') is the county seat of Uppsala County and the fourth-largest city in Sweden, after Stockholm, Gothenburg, and Malmö. It had 177,074 inhabitants in 2019. Located north of the c ...

as the eldest son of theologian Olof Ahnlund and Hilda Svensson. In 1893 his father was appointed vicar in Umeå where Nils finished his secondary education. Thereafter he enrolled at

Uppsala University Uppsala University ( sv, Uppsala universitet) is a public research university in Uppsala, Sweden. Founded in 1477, it is the oldest university in Sweden and the Nordic countries still in operation. The university rose to significance during ...

, where he quickly became a disciple of Harald Hjärne. His research mainly focused on the time of the

Swedish Empire The Swedish Empire was a European great power that exercised territorial control over much of the Baltic region during the 17th and early 18th centuries ( sv, Stormaktstiden, "the Era of Great Power"). The beginning of the empire is usually ta ...

, and his dissertation was on Gustavus Adolphus' diplomatic relations. Between 1926 and 1926 he worked at '' Svenska Dagbladet'' where he had a promising career ahead of him. However, he chose the academic path and became the first professor of history at Stockholm University College in 1928. During

World War II World War II or the Second World War, often abbreviated as WWII or WW2, was a world war that lasted from 1939 to 1945. It involved the vast majority of the world's countries—including all of the great powers—forming two opposing ...

, he participated in the public debate, exhibiting nationalist sentiments. In the same period he was a member of the nationalist association Samfundet Nordens Frihet and among the contributors of its magazine, '' Nordens Frihet''. Ahnlund was a popularizer of history and became widely known for his contributions in newspapers and radio, but in academia he was also successful and became, among other things, a member of the Royal Swedish Academy of Letters, History and Antiquities as early as 1934 and the Swedish Academy. He was also made a member of several Nordic academic societies as well as vice president of the Comité International des Sciences Historiques.Abridged translation from Swedish Wikipedia (https://sv.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Nils_Ahnlund&oldid=30265574)

Publications

*Mo och Domsjöverken : deras ägare och utveckling intill 1873. Stockholm: Almqvist & Wicksell. 1917 *Gustaf II Adolf inför tyska kriget. Stockholm: Nya tryckeri-aktiebolaget. 1918 *Storhetstidens gryning : gestalter och händelser. Stockholm: Geber. 1918 *Sundsvalls historia. 1-2. Sundsvall. 1921 *Anmärkningar till handlingar rörande professuren i historia vid Uppsala universitet : sakkunniges utlåtanden och humanistiska sektionens betänkande. Stockholm: Nord. bokh. 1923

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Ahnlund, Nils 1889 births 1957 deaths Members of the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences Members of the Swedish Academy 20th-century Swedish historians Uppsala University alumni Stockholm University faculty Members of the Royal Gustavus Adolphus Academy