About Henry Olsson
Lived 1896 – 1985 (aged 88). Henry Olsson was a Swedish literary historian.
Karl Henry Olsson (18 April 1896 – 11 January 1985) was a Swedish literary scholar. He was a professor of literary history and poetics at Stockholm University and a member of the Swedish Academy.
Early life Olsson was born in Köla parish, present-day Eda Municipality in the westernmost part of Värmland. After finishing his schooling in Karlstad he became a student at Uppsala university in 1914, and studied literature, especially poetry, for Henrik Schück, Martin Lamm, and Anton Blanck. He received a BA degree in 1918, a licentiate in 1921 and an MA in 1924.
Personal life Olsson married Birgit Louise Ekelund from Fryksände in Värmland in 1926.
He died in Stockholm in 1985
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Swedish literary scholar
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Henry Olsson was born on 18 April 1896 in Köla parish.
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Henry Olsson died on 11 January 1985 in Oscar Parish.
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Henry Olsson was a literary historian.
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