Klaus Böldl (born 21 February 1964) is a German philologist who specializes in

Old Norse studies Scandinavian studies or ''Scandinavistics'' is an interdisciplinary academic field of area studies, mainly in the United States and Germany, that primarily focuses on the Scandinavian languages (also known as North Germanic languages) and cultura ...

. Böldl was born in

Passau Passau (; ) is a city in Lower Bavaria, Germany. It is also known as the ("City of Three Rivers"), as the river Danube is joined by the Inn (river), Inn from the south and the Ilz from the north. Passau's population is about 50,000, of whom ...

and studied Nordic philology,

German philology German studies is an academic field that researches, documents and disseminates German language, German literature, literature, and culture in its historic and present forms. Academic departments of German studies therefore often focus on Culture ...

and

comparative literature Comparative literature studies is an academic field dealing with the study of literature and cultural expression across language, linguistic, national, geographic, and discipline, disciplinary boundaries. Comparative literature "performs a role ...

at the universities of

Munich Munich is the capital and most populous city of Bavaria, Germany. As of 30 November 2024, its population was 1,604,384, making it the third-largest city in Germany after Berlin and Hamburg. Munich is the largest city in Germany that is no ...

and

Lund University Lund University () is a Public university, public research university in Sweden and one of Northern Europe's oldest universities. The university is located in the city of Lund in the Swedish province of Scania. The university was officially foun ...

. Böldl received his Ph.D. in philology at Munich in 1999, where he completed his

habilitation Habilitation is the highest university degree, or the procedure by which it is achieved, in Germany, France, Italy, Poland and some other European and non-English-speaking countries. The candidate fulfills a university's set criteria of excelle ...

in 2005. Since 2007, Böldl has been Professor of Scandinavian Medieval Studies at the Nordic Institute of the

University of Kiel Kiel University, officially the Christian Albrecht University of Kiel, (, abbreviated CAU, known informally as Christiana Albertina) is a public research university in the city of Kiel, Germany. It was founded in 1665 as the ''Academia Holsator ...

. Böldl is a member of the

Akademie der Wissenschaften und der Literatur The Academy of Sciences and Literature () is a scientific academy in Mainz, Germany. It was established in 1949 on an initiative of Alfred Döblin. The academy's goal is to support science and literature, and in doing so to help preserve and pr ...

. He is a recipient of many awards, including the

Toucan Prize The Toucan Prize () is a literary prize given by the city of Munich to the best new publication by a Munich author. It has been awarded since 1965 and is endowed with 6,000 Euros. Recipients *1965 Paul Mommertz, Georg Schwarz, Roland Ziersch, ...

(1997), the

Brothers Grimm Prize of the City of Hanau Brothers Grimm Prize of the City of Hanau is a literary prize of Hesse. The prize, awarded by the City of Hanau, honors the Brothers Grimm, who were both born in Hanau. The prize is endowed with €10,000 and has been awarded since 1983. The ceremon ...

(2003), the

Hermann-Hesse-Literaturpreis The Hermann-Hesse-Literaturpreis is a literary prize of Germany in honour of German-born Swiss writer, poet and Nobel Prize winner Hermann Hesse. The award is presented in Karlsruhe. The prize sum is 15,000 Euros. Previous winners include Martin ...

(2003) and the (2013).

Selected works

* ''Studie in Kristallbildung''. Frankfurt am Main, 1997. . * (Translator) ''Die Saga von den Leuten auf Eyr''. München, 1999. (=

Eyrbyggja saga ''Eyrbyggja saga'' (; ) is one of the Icelanders' sagas; its title can be translated as ''The Saga of the People of Eyri.'' It was written by an anonymous writer, who describes a long-standing feud between Snorri Goði and Arnkel Goði, two stron ...

) . * ''Südlich von

Abisko Abisko (; ) is a village in Sápmi (Lapland (Sweden), Lapland), in northern Sweden, roughly 200 km north of the Arctic Circle, and near Abisko National Park, located 4 km west of the village. It had 85 inhabitants as of 2005. Permafr ...

''. Frankfurt am Main, 2000. . * ''Der Mythos der

Edda "Edda" (; Old Norse ''Edda'', plural ''Eddur'') is an Old Norse term that has been applied by modern scholars to the collective of two Medieval Icelandic literary works: what is now known as the ''Prose Edda'' and an older collection of poems ( ...

''. Tübingen . a. 2000. . * ''Die fernen Inseln''. Frankfurt am Main, 2003. . (über die

Färöer The Faroe Islands ( ) (alt. the Faroes) are an archipelago in the North Atlantic Ocean and an autonomous territory of the Danish Realm, Kingdom of Denmark. Located between Iceland, Norway, and the United Kingdom, the islands have a populat ...

und

Island An island or isle is a piece of land, distinct from a continent, completely surrounded by water. There are continental islands, which were formed by being split from a continent by plate tectonics, and oceanic islands, which have never been ...

) * (Co-editor with Uwe Englert) ''Vereinzelt Schneefall. Neue Texte aus Skandinavien'', in:

Neue Rundschau The ''Neue Rundschau'', formerly ''Die neue Rundschau'' (), founded in 1890, is a quarterly German literary magazine that appears in the S. Fischer Verlag. With its over 100 years of continuous history, it is one of the oldest cultural publicati ...

Jhg. 115, Heft 3. Frankfurt am Main, 2004. . * (Co-editor with Miriam Kauko) ''Kontinuität in der Kritik. Historische und aktuelle Perspektiven der Skandinavistik''. Freiburg, 2005. . * ''Drei Flüsse''. Frankfurt am Main, 2006. . * ''Der nächtliche Lehrer''. Frankfurt am Main, 2010. . * (Editor) ''Isländersagas'', S.Fischer Verlag, Frankfurt am Main 2011 . * ''Götter und Mythen des Nordens. Ein Handbuch''. Verlag C. H. Beck, München 2013, . * ''Der Atem der Vögel''. Frankfurt am Main, 2017. .

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1964 births People from Passau Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich alumni Academic staff of the University of Kiel German male non-fiction writers German philologists Germanic studies scholars Living people Old Norse studies scholars Scandinavian studies scholars Translators from Old Norse Writers on Germanic paganism {{Philologist-stub

Selected works

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