About Hjalmar Dahl
Lived 1891 – 1960 (aged 69). Hjalmar Dahl was a Finnish journalist and translator.
Hjalmar Karl Emil Dahl (15 May 1891 – 19 October 1960) was a Swedish-speaking Finnish journalist, translator and author.
Biography Hjalmar Dahl was born in Parikkala to pharmacist Johan Dahl (1861–1908) and Betty Kiljander (1865–1927). After graduating in Helsinki in 1910, he moved to the University of Lausanne, where he graduated in 1913. in addition to which he was editor-in-chief of Nya Tidningen from 1922 to 1925.
Dahl was the executive director of the from 1923 to 1926, where he died on October 19, 1960. He was buried in Näsinmäki Cemetery.
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Finnish-Swedish journalist, translator and author
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Hjalmar Dahl was born on 15 May 1891 in Parikkala.
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Hjalmar Dahl died on 19 October 1960 in Porvoo.
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Hjalmar Dahl was a journalist and translator.
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Hjalmar Dahl was Finnish.
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