About Aleksander Kan
Lived 1925 – 2017 (aged 91). Aleksander Kan was a Swedish and Russian historian, scientist and scandinavian studies scholar.
Aleksander Sergeevich Kan (31 October 1925 - 22 January 2017) was a Russian born historian and professor at Uppsala University in Sweden.
Biography Aleksander Kan was born in Moscow. During World War II he served as an interpreter in the Soviet Army 1944 – 1945. In the Soviet Union he wrote several books about the history of Scandinavia from a Marxist standpoint. He emigrated with his family to Sweden in 1987 with help from the Swedish Prime Minister Ingvar Carlsson, and became a Swedish citizen in 1992.
In the Spring of 1987, Kan was a Fellow at the Swedish Collegium for Advanced Study in Uppsala, Sweden.
He was a member of the Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters.
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Who was Aleksander Kan?
Soviet historian (1925-2017)
When was Aleksander Kan born?
Aleksander Kan was born on 31 October 1925 in Moscow.
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Aleksander Kan died on 22 January 2017 in Stockholm.
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Aleksander Kan was a historian, scientist and scandinavian studies scholar.
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Aleksander Kan was Swedish and Russian.
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