Axel Olof Freudenthal

Axel Olof Freudenthal

Axel Olof Freudenthal (12 December 1836 – 2 June 1911), was a Finland Swedish philologist and politician.

He was born in Siuntio, and studied at the University of Helsinki where the nationalistic movement struggle between the Fennomans and the Svecomans currently was raging. He would side with the latter propagating against the Finnification of the society.

Freudenthal was appointed a docent in 1866 in Old Norse language and wrote his doctoral thesis on the dialect of Närpes in 1878. He was a Professor of Swedish language and literature between 1878-1904. He died in Helsinki.

His life's work was documented by Arvid Mörne in the book "Axel Olof Freudenthal och den finlandssvenska nationalitetstanken" (1927).


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