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1911 Encyclopædia Britannica, Volume 16… (1911)

LJUNGGREN, GUSTAF HÅKAN JORDAN (1823–1905) , Swedish man of letters, was born at Lund on the 6th of March 1823. He was educated at Lund university, where he was professor of German (1850–1859) , of aesthetics (1859–1889) and rector (1875–1885) . He had been a member of the Swedish Academy for twenty years at the time of his death in September 1905. His most important work, Svenska vitterhetens häfder efter Gustav III.’s död (5 vols., Lund., 1873–1895) , is a comprehensive study of Swedish literature in the 19th century.
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