About Jan Paul Strid
Lived 1947 – 2018 (aged 71). Jan Paul Strid was a Swedish philologist, runologist, university teacher, germanist, literary scholar and toponymist.
Jan Paul Strid (July 15, 1947 – December 25, 2018) was a Swedish toponymist who was Professor of Linguistics at Linköping University.
Biography Strid received his PhD in Nordic languages from Stockholm University in 1981, where he was made a docent in 1982. Since 2002, Strid was Professor of Linguistics at Linköping University. In 2006, Strid won the prestigious Cnattingius Prize for his pioneering research on the history and culture of Östergötland. He died in Linköping on December 25, 2019.
Selected works Runestones, 1991 Från Mumsmålen till Duvemåla, 2006 Kulturlandskapets språkliga dimension, 1999 Tindra: ett landskap i tidens spegel, 2009
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Who was Jan Paul Strid?
Swedish toponymist (1947–2018)
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Jan Paul Strid was born on 15 July 1947.
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Jan Paul Strid died on 25 December 2018 in Linköping.
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Jan Paul Strid was a philologist, runologist, university teacher, germanist, literary scholar and toponymist.
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Jan Paul Strid was Swedish.
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