Talk:Pehr Henrik Ling

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Hello, this article has the wrong spelled name. Mr. Lings full name is Per Henrik Ling. You can see this in many serious sources like 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica, Svensk litteraturhistoria i sammandrag or Svenskt biografiskt handlexikon. The swedish wikipedia had made the same error. Please change the name of this article and invert the redirect. Thanks and Greetings, de:Benutzer:Semperor

Both the Svenskt biografiskt lexikon and the Nationalencyklopedin (both of which are more up-to-date than the references you link to) have "Pehr", although the latter notes "Per" as an alternative form ("Ling, Pehr (Per) Henrik"). Unless you have some better evidence for "Per", I see no reason to move the article. u p p l a n d 14:25, 9 March 2006 (UTC)

I think a source from the time on which Ling lives has a greater chance have the right spelling of his name. When you search for Mr. Ling's books and articles, you will find them under the name Per Henrik Ling and not Pehr Henrik Ling. Greetings, de:Benutzer:Semperor

Neither of the sources you are referring to is actually from Ling's own time. He died in 1839, and these publications are all from about 70 years later. SBL is a better secondary source and more likely to be correct, even if it is published more recently. Contemporary editions of his own works are not consistent, but more spell it "Pehr" than "Per". u p p l a n d 05:19, 10 March 2006 (UTC)

After a discussion with the svenska akademien i has changed my opinion. Even if it is confusing for the readers, if we refer to sources, which are using a diffrent spelling of the name. Thanks for the constructional discussion. Greetings, de:Benutzer:Semperor