Carl Grimberg

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Carl Grimberg, photograph by Henry B. Goodwin.
Carl Grimberg and Eva Sparre, engagement 1918.

Carl Gustaf Grimberg (born September 22, 1875 in Gothenburg , † June 11, 1941 in Djursholm ) was a Swedish historian and author of a popular series of books on Swedish history.

Life

Carl Grimberg was the son of the teacher Joel Grimberg and his wife Charlotta, nee Andersson.

Grimberg became a philosophy candidate at Gothenburg University of Applied Sciences in 1896 , licentiate in 1902 and doctorate in philosophy in 1903. His dissertation was entitled De diplomatiska förbindelserna mellan Sverige och Preussen 1804-1808 (The diplomatic relations between Sweden and Prussia 1804-1808). From 1897 to 1901 he worked as a teacher at various schools in Gothenburg; after receiving his doctorate, he taught at schools in Stockholm and Lundberg. Since 1908 he finished his school career and became a lecturer in history at the University of Gothenburg, lecturer at Uppsala University from 1907-08 and from 1908 to 1918 head of the literature department at the publishing house PA Norstedt & Sons.

Villa Grimberg.

In 1919 Grimberg married the publishing bookbinder Eva Sparre (1895–1982), daughter of Ulf Carl Sparre and Lily, née Sjöcrona. The family belonged to the Swedish aristocracy. Between 1925 and 1927 they had the “Villa Grimberg” built in Djursholm by the architect Carl-Otto Hallström .

Grimberg wrote a number of school books, but he was best known for his extensive work on the history of Sweden, Svenska folkets underbara öden (The wonderful fates of the Swedish people), which appeared in nine volumes and two supplementary volumes (1932-1939 ) from 1913 to 1924 . The work, which was oriented towards cultural history, had a “narrative style” and was characterized by national pathos and conservative worldview and, due to its popularity, appeared in numerous editions.

From 1926 Grimberg began to work on a world history (Världshistoria) in 14 parts, of which he was only able to complete six parts during his lifetime. Volumes 7 to 10 were taken over by Ragnar Svanström.

Grimberg died in 1941. In the yearbook of Svenska Dagbladet of that year he was described as a pioneer and “one of our most important folk writers”. He was buried in the Djursholm cemetery.

Awards

  • 1920: Letterstedtska Prize of the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences for Translations (Letterstedtska priset för översättningar) for Svenska folkets underbara öden

Works (selection)

  • Svenska folkets underbara desolate. Norstedt, Stockholm 1913-1924.
  • with Emil Hildebrand: Ur källorna till Sveriges historia. 2 volumes, 1911–1912.
  • with Hugo Uddgren: Svenska krigarbragder. 1914.
  • Ur den svenska industriens äldre historia. (Older History of Swedish Industry, 1925)
  • Sveriges historia i sammanhang med Danmarks och Norges för realskolan. Stockholm 1905-1909.
  • Världshistoria: folkens liv och culture. Norstedt, Stockholm 1926-1958.

literature

Web links

Commons : Carl Grimberg  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Manfred Hettling: Folk stories in Europe between the wars. Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht, 2003, p. 194.
  2. ^ Svenska Dagbladets Årsbok. (Haendelserna 1941). HE Kjellberg, Stockholm 1941, p. 265. ( runeberg.org ).
  3. ^ Letterstedtska priset för översättningar. In: Svenskt översättarlexikon. ( oversattarlexikon.se - list of award winners).
personal data
SURNAME Grimberg, Carl
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Grimberg, Carl Gustaf (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Swedish historian
DATE OF BIRTH September 22, 1875
PLACE OF BIRTH Gothenburg
DATE OF DEATH June 11, 1941
Place of death Djursholm