About Isak Collijn
Lived 1875 – 1949 (aged 73). Isak Collijn was a Swedish librarian, bibliographer and national librarian of Sweden.
Isak Gustaf Alfred Collijn (17 July 1875 – 28 March 1949) was a Swedish bibliographer and publisher.
He enrolled as a student in 1893, and graduated with a degree in philosophy in 1902, with the treatise Les suffixes toponymiques dans les langues française et provençale. He was employed as a lecturer at Uppsala University in 1905, and as chief librarian at the same university in 1910. In 1914, Collijn commenced editing the librarians' periodical Nordisk tidsskrift för bok- och biblioteksväsen.
From 1927 to 1931, Collijn was President of the International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions.
He was a cousin of Ludvig Collijn.
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Who was Isak Collijn?
national librarian (1875-1949)
When was Isak Collijn born?
Isak Collijn was born on 17 July 1875 in Halmstad Town.
When did Isak Collijn die?
Isak Collijn died on 28 March 1949 in Engelbrekt church parish.
What was Isak Collijn's occupation?
Isak Collijn was a librarian, bibliographer and national librarian of Sweden.
What nationality was Isak Collijn?
Isak Collijn was Swedish.
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