Elias Wessén
Elias Gustaf Adolf Wessén (born April 15, 1889 in Linderås, Jönköpings län ; † January 30, 1981 in Stockholm ) was a Swedish linguist and professor of North Germanic languages at Stockholm University between 1928 and 1956.
Life
In his first works, Wessén dealt with morphological questions of Germanic languages , onomasiology and Germanic mythologies . He published parts of Sveriges runinskrifter (runes in Sweden, e.g. rune stone from Salmunge ), edited medieval texts and translated medieval Swedish national laws together with Åke Holmbäck .
He also published the work Svensk språkhistoria (Swedish language history) and a grammatical explanation of modern Swedish entitled Vårt svenska språk (Our Swedish language) in three volumes .
In 1944 he initiated the establishment of the institute Nämnden för Svensk Språkvård, which was later renamed Språkrådet (Swedish Language Council).
Wessén was a member of the Swedish Academy between 1947 and 1981 (seat 16).
literature
- Wessén, Elias GA . In: Vem är det. Svensk biografisk handbok 1977 . 33rd volume PA Norstedt & Söners Förlag, Stockholm 1976, ISBN 91-1766022-X , p. 1079-1080 (Swedish, runeberg.org ).
- Academy of Sciences and Literature (ed.): Yearbook - Academy of Sciences and Literature. F. Steiner Verlag, Wiesbaden [etc.], 1981, p. 65.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Wessén, Elias |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Wessén, Elias Gustaf Adolf (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Swedish linguist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | April 15, 1889 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Linderås, Jönköpings län |
| DATE OF DEATH | January 30, 1981 |
| Place of death | Stockholm |