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Henry Olsson
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'''Karl Henry Olsson''' (18 April 1896–11 January 1985) was a Swedish literary scholar.<ref name="Sbl"></ref>
==Early life==
Olsson was born in Köla parish, present-day [[Eda Municipality]] in the westernmost part of [[Värmland]]. After finishing his schooling in [[Karlstad]] he became a student at [[Uppsala university]] in 1914, and studied literature, especially poetry, for [[Henrik Schück]], [[Martin Lamm]], and [[Anton Blanck]]. He received a BA degree in 1918, a licentiate in 1921 and a MA in 1924.<ref name="Sbl" />
==Career and scholarship==
Olsson's writings and research focused on Swedish 19th century poetry, including the poets [[Carl Jonas Love Almqvist]], who was the topic of his doctoral dissertation at Stockholm University in 1927,<ref name="Sbl" />[[Gustaf Fröding]], and [[Carl Snoilsky]].<ref name="ne" /> He was particularly interested in the literature of his home province, Värmland: Almqvist had lived a large part of his life in Köla, Olsson's birth place, and Fröding was born in Värmland. In a book published by Olsson in the 1970s he recollected reading the news about Fröding's death in 1911, which had affected him strongly.<ref name="Sbl" />
In 1936, Olsson applied for the position as Professor of literature at [[Lund University]], and his two former teachers Lamm and Blanck both supported his application. The Danish scholar Poul V Rubow, however, strongly advised against Olsson receiving the appointment, and Olsson decided to withdraw his application. In 1945, he was elected to succeed Lamm as Professor of literary history and poetics at Stockholm university, a position he remained at until his retirement in 1961.<ref name="Sbl" />
He was elected a member of the Swedish Academy in 1952 and was a member of the [[Nobel Committee]] for the literature prize between 1960 and 1971.<ref name="svenskaakademien"></ref>
==Personal life==
Olsson married Birgit Louise Ekelund from Fryksände in Värmland in 1926.
He died in Stockholm in 1985<ref name="Sbl" /> and is buried at [[Skogskyrkogården]].<ref name="svenskagravar"></ref>
==References==
[[Category:1896 births]]
[[Category:1985 deaths]]
[[Category:Members of the Swedish Academy]]
==Early life==
Olsson was born in Köla parish, present-day [[Eda Municipality]] in the westernmost part of [[Värmland]]. After finishing his schooling in [[Karlstad]] he became a student at [[Uppsala university]] in 1914, and studied literature, especially poetry, for [[Henrik Schück]], [[Martin Lamm]], and [[Anton Blanck]]. He received a BA degree in 1918, a licentiate in 1921 and a MA in 1924.<ref name="Sbl" />
==Career and scholarship==
Olsson's writings and research focused on Swedish 19th century poetry, including the poets [[Carl Jonas Love Almqvist]], who was the topic of his doctoral dissertation at Stockholm University in 1927,<ref name="Sbl" />[[Gustaf Fröding]], and [[Carl Snoilsky]].<ref name="ne" /> He was particularly interested in the literature of his home province, Värmland: Almqvist had lived a large part of his life in Köla, Olsson's birth place, and Fröding was born in Värmland. In a book published by Olsson in the 1970s he recollected reading the news about Fröding's death in 1911, which had affected him strongly.<ref name="Sbl" />
In 1936, Olsson applied for the position as Professor of literature at [[Lund University]], and his two former teachers Lamm and Blanck both supported his application. The Danish scholar Poul V Rubow, however, strongly advised against Olsson receiving the appointment, and Olsson decided to withdraw his application. In 1945, he was elected to succeed Lamm as Professor of literary history and poetics at Stockholm university, a position he remained at until his retirement in 1961.<ref name="Sbl" />
He was elected a member of the Swedish Academy in 1952 and was a member of the [[Nobel Committee]] for the literature prize between 1960 and 1971.<ref name="svenskaakademien"></ref>
==Personal life==
Olsson married Birgit Louise Ekelund from Fryksände in Värmland in 1926.
He died in Stockholm in 1985<ref name="Sbl" /> and is buried at [[Skogskyrkogården]].<ref name="svenskagravar"></ref>
==References==
[[Category:1896 births]]
[[Category:1985 deaths]]
[[Category:Members of the Swedish Academy]]
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