Åke Viktor Ored Ström (28 February 1909 – 20 August 1994) was a Swedish theologian who specialized in the study of
Germanic religion Germanic religion may refer to:
* Germanic paganism
Germanic paganism or Germanic religion refers to the traditional, culturally significant religion of the Germanic peoples. With a chronological dating, chronological range of at least one t ...
.
Biography
Åke V. Ström was born in
Karlskrona
Karlskrona (, , ) is a locality and the seat of Karlskrona Municipality, Blekinge County, Sweden with a population of 66,675 in 2018. It is also the capital of Blekinge County. Karlskrona is known as Sweden's only baroque city and is host to ...
, Sweden on 28 February 1909, the son of Tord Ström and Agnes Palm. He gained his
fil kand from
Stockholm University
Stockholm University (SU) () is a public university, 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, social ...
in 1930, and his
teol kand from
Uppsala University
Uppsala University (UU) () is a public university, public research university in Uppsala, Sweden. Founded in 1477, it is the List of universities in Sweden, oldest university in Sweden and the Nordic countries still in operation.
Initially fou ...
in 1935. Ström was ordained as a priest in 1936. He gained his
teol dr from Uppsala University in 1945. Since 1965, Ström was a
docent
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in
religious history
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at
Lund University
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. He was a highly regarded religious scholar, and a known authority on
Old Norse religion
Old Norse religion, also known as Norse paganism, is a branch of Germanic religion which developed during the Proto-Norse period, when the North Germanic peoples separated into distinct branches. It was replaced by Christianity and forgotten ...
. Ström died in
Kista
Kista ( is a district in the borough of Rinkeby-Kista, Stockholm, Sweden. It has a strategic position located in between Sweden's main airport, the Stockholm-Arlanda International Airport and central Stockholm, and alongside the main nationa ...
, Sweden on 20 August 1994.
Selected works
* ''Germanische und Baltische Religion'', 1975 (with
Haralds Biezais).
See also
*
Anders Hultgård
Anders Hultgård (born 23 December 1936) is a Swedish theologist and religious studies scholar who is Professor Emeritus and former Chair of Religious History at Uppsala University. He specializes in the study of Indo-European religions.
Biograph ...
*
Dag Strömbäck
References
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1909 births
1994 deaths
Germanic studies scholars
Academic staff of Lund University
Old Norse studies scholars
People from Karlskrona
Stockholm University alumni
Swedish theologians
Uppsala University alumni
Writers on Germanic paganism