Sture Bolin (1900–1962) was a Swedish historian whose most influential work focused on late Roman and early medieval trade routes, formulating an alternative to the Pirenne Thesis.Lucian Boia (ed.), ''Great Historians of the Modern Age: An International Dictionary'' (New York, Westport and London, 1991), pp. 694-5. He was born in

Höganäs Höganäs () is a locality and the seat of Höganäs Municipality, Scania County, Sweden. Its population was 14,107 in 2010. Höganäs is nationally known for its ceramics industry, Höganäs Keramik. Höganäs Keramik is part of Iittala Gr ...

in 1900, and studied under

Lauritz Weibull Lauritz Ulrik Absalon Weibull (2 April 1873 – 2 December 1960) was a Swedish professor and historian. Biography He was born in Lund, Sweden, as the son of history professor Martin Weibull and the brother of historian Curt Weibull. He enro ...

. In 1938 he became Professor of History at

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 ...

. He died in

Lund Lund (, ;"Lund"
(US) and ) is a city in the provinces of Sweden, province of Scania, southern Swed ...

in 1962.

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1900 births 1962 deaths Academic staff of Lund University 20th-century Swedish historians People from Höganäs Municipality {{Sweden-historian-stub