Torgny Segerstedt

Torgny Karl Segerstedt (1 November 1876 – 31 March 1945) was a Swedish scholar of comparative religion, later publicist and editor-in-chief of the newspaper "Göteborgs Handels- och Sjöfartstidning" from 1917 to 1945. As such he is remembered for his uncompromising anti-Nazi stance.

Education and scholarship

Torgny Segerstedt was born in Karlstad in Värmland County, the son of the teacher and publicist Albrekt Segerstedt (1844-1894) and Fredrika Sofia Bohman. He earned a candidate of theology-degree from Lund University in 1901 and in 1903 he became a lecturer in the history of religion. He was a lecturer in theological encyclopedics encyklopedi at Lund University from 1904 to 1912 and a professor in the history of religions at Stockholm University from 1913 to 1917.

Family life

Torgny Segerstedt married his Norwegian wife Augusta Wilhelmina Synnestvedt in 1905. Their children are the philosopher and sociologist (1908–1999), and the journalist and politician Ingrid Segerstedt Wiberg (born 1911).

Persondata
NAME=Segerstedt, Torgny
ALTERNATIVE NAMES=Segerstedt, Torgny Karl (full name)
SHORT DESCRIPTION=Scholar of comparative religion; publicist
DATE OF BIRTH=1 November 1876
PLACE OF BIRTH=Karlstad, Sweden
DATE OF DEATH=31 March 1945
PLACE OF DEATH=Gothenburg, Sweden