About Georg Johan Sverdrup
Lived 1885 – 1951 (aged 66). Georg Johan Sverdrup was a Norwegian professor.
Georg Johan Sverdrup (January 26, 1885 – November 4, 1951) was a professor of the history of religion.
Life and family Sverdrup was born in Stockholm; he was the son of the bishop and politician Jakob Sverdrup and the brother of the Germanic philology professor Jakob Sverdrup and the zoologist Aslaug Sverdrup Sømme. He was the nephew of the theologian Georg Sverdrup.
After graduation, he worked as an instructor and school principal in Molde and at the Tanks Upper Secondary School in Bergen.
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Norwegian professor
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Georg Johan Sverdrup was born on 26 January 1885 in Stockholm.
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Georg Johan Sverdrup died on 4 November 1951.
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Georg Johan Sverdrup was a professor.
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Georg Johan Sverdrup was Norwegian.
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