Carl Ivar Ståhle

Carl Ivar Ståhle (27 June 1913 – 12 June 1980) was a Swedish linguist, toponymist, and member of the Swedish Academy.

Biography

Ståhle was born in Stenberga, Jönköping County. He became a student at Norra Latin in 1927. Following matriculation examination (Studentexamen) in 1931, he entered Stockholm University 1932. In 1946 he defended his doctoral thesis in Nordic languages titled "Studier över de svenska ortnamnen på -inge" (studies on Swedish place names with -inge). He worked at the Royal Swedish Academy of Letters, History and Antiquities between 1946 and 1954. In 1955, he became professor of Nordic languages at Stockholm University. He was, however, forced to leave the position in 1971 due to declining health, but began working as a researcher at the Swedish Academy. He was elected to chair 3 of the Swedish Academy in 1974.

Ståhle was a very productive researcher and writer. He was also an active editor and publisher with duties in many different associations, committees, and academies. He was president of Svenska språknämnden, a predecessor of the current Swedish Language Council, from 1967. Between 1963 and 1969 he was a member of "1963 års bibelkommitté". This was a committee tasked by the Swedish government to write a report (SOU) on the prerequisites for making a new Swedish translation of the bible. Ståhle was also president of Svenska Vitterhetssamfundet (The Swedish Society for Belles-Lettres) from 1969 until his death.

Ståhle married Anna Greta Ståhle (1913 – 2006) in 1940. She was a journalist at the newspaper Dagens Nyheter. They had two daughters and a son.

Memberships in Royal Academies

Member of the :sv:Samfundet för utgivande av handskrifter rörande Skandinaviens historia from 1953 Member of the Royal Swedish Academy of Letters, History and Antiquities from 1962 Member of the Royal Gustavus Adolphus Academy from 1964 Member of the Swedish Academy from 1974