Åke Ohlmarks
Åke Joel Ohlmarks (born June 3, 1911 in Kristianstad , † June 6, 1984 in Crist di Niardo , Italy ) was a Swedish translator , author and religious historian .
From 1941 to 1945 he worked as a lecturer at the University of Greifswald . In 1944, Ohlmarks founded the Institute for Religious Studies in Greifswald together with the theologian Wilhelm Koepp , who sympathized with the Nazis.
An important contribution to research are his studies on the problem of shamanism (Lund 1939).
He translated the Icelandic Eddas into Swedish. His translation of the third part of the Snorra Edda is unmatched .
He also translated Shakespeare (in full), JRR Tolkien , the Koran , Dante , Nostradamus and several other authors into Swedish.
literature
- Fritz Heinrich: The Institute for Religious Studies at the Ernst Moritz Arndt University of Greifswald 1944–1945. A contribution to the history of religious studies in the Third Reich. In: Journal for Religious Studies. Vol. 5, No. 2, 1997, pp. 203-231, doi : 10.1515 / 0027.203 .
- Fritz Heinrich: German religious studies and National Socialism. An ideology-critical and historical research. Imhof, Petersberg 2002, ISBN 3-935590-75-X (At the same time: Marburg, Universität, Dissertation, 2001).
- Gunnar Jarring: Ohlmarks, Åke Joel. In: Göran Nilzén (Ed.): Svenskt Biografiskt Lexikon. Volume 28: Odeberg - Pederby. Sorstedt, Stockholm 1994, pp. 111-117.
- Marell is different: Åke Ohlmarks - Swedish editor, Nazi fellow and / or secret agent? In: Germanists. Vol. 3, No. 1/3, 1998, ISSN 1401-5366 , pp. 93-100.
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| SURNAME | Ohlmarks, Åke |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Ohlmarks, Åke Joel (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Swedish translator, author and historian of religion |
| DATE OF BIRTH | June 3, 1911 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Kristianstad |
| DATE OF DEATH | June 6, 1984 |
| Place of death | Crist di Niardo , Italy |