Johan Peringskiöld (6 October 1654 – 24 March 1720) was a Swedish antiquarian.

Biography

Johan Peringer was born at

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, Sweden. His father Lars Fredrik Peringer (1613-1687) was senior master at the gymnasium. His elder brother Gustaf Lillieblad (1651–1710) was a Swedish orientalist, professor and librarian. He began his studies at

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in 1677 and he was an ardent student of the national antiquities. In 1680, he received a position at the newly established college of antiquities. He advanced to the position of clerk at the college in 1682, and he could then accompany

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(1630-1693) on scientific excursions in the countryside, during which he listed and made drawings of

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s and other prehistoric monuments. Thunberg, Carl L., ''Ingvarståget och dess monument'' (”The Ingvar Expedition and its Monuments”), University of Gothenburg, 2010, pp. 12-13. In 1689, he was appointed deputy judge, and in 1693, he was knighted and received the surname Peringskiöld as a sign of his nobility. In 1693, he was also appointed secretary of the college of antiquities, a task which was added to his work as a translator of Icelandic sources. In 1711, he left the work as translator to his son Johan Fredrik Peringskiöld (1689–1725) and in 1719, he applied to be removed from his offices. The request was granted and he received instead the title of chancellor, and the following year, he died. He assiduously created an extensive collection on his country's history, but some of it was destroyed in the fire of Tre Kronor in 1697. What remains of his work is stored in the Swedish national archives and library. Like that of most historians of his time, his work lacked the scholarly criticism of modern days. He died in

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'' (1915). {{DEFAULTSORT:Peringskiold, Johan 1654 births 1720 deaths People from Strängnäs Municipality Uppsala University alumni Swedish-language writers Swedish nobility Swedish antiquarians 17th-century Swedish people 18th-century Swedish people 17th-century Swedish writers 17th-century male writers 18th-century Swedish writers 18th-century male writers