Torgny Segerstedt

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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.

[edit] 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.

[edit] Family life

Torgny Segerstedt married his Norwegian wife Augusta Wilhelmina Synnestvedt in 1905. Their children are the philosopher and sociologist Torgny (T:son) Segerstedt (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