Birger Mörner
Count Birger von Mörner , (also Birger Moerner ) pseudonym Aráfi (born May 3, 1867 in Nora , † March 10, 1930 in Flen ), was a Swedish diplomat.
Birger Mörner was the son of a pharmacist. He graduated from high school in Norrköping and studied law at Uppsala University and Lund University . In Lund he passed the legal state examination in 1893 and then became a trainee lawyer at the Göta court in Jönköping , then assistant at the Reich Office for Trade, Industry and Shipping and at the Ministry of Civilizations. From 1899 Mörner was consular officer, first in Helsinki , then in South Shields , Copenhagen and Constantinople . From 1906 to 1910 Mörner was the Swedish consul in Sydney . He was married and the father of Magnus Mörner .
Not least because of his job, Mörner traveled a lot and was active as a journalist. He published his literary works mostly under the pseudonym Aráfi , under which he is also listed in the Swedish writer lexicon .
literature
- Friedrich Karl Dörner (Ed.): From the Bosporus to the Ararat (= cultural history of the ancient world . Volume 7 = writings of the Hermann Bröckelschen Foundation. Volume 5). Philipp von Zabern, Mainz 1981, ISBN 3-8053-0417-X , p. 382.
Web links
- Literature by and about Birger Mörner in the catalog of the German National Library
Remarks
- ^ Horst Pietschmann : In memoriam: Magnus Mörner (1924-2012). In: Yearbook of Latin American History. 49 (2012), pp. 9-14, here: p. 10.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Mörner, Birger |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Arafi; Moerner, Birger; Mörner, Birger von |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Swedish diplomat |
| DATE OF BIRTH | May 3, 1867 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Nora (Sweden, location) |
| DATE OF DEATH | March 10, 1930 |
| Place of death | Flen |