Harald Hjärne

Harald Gabriel Hjärne (born May 2, 1848 in Klastorp , † January 6, 1922 in Uppsala ) was a Swedish historian.

Hjärne began his studies at Uppsala University in 1865 . After graduating as Dr. phil. he became a lecturer in history in 1872. After an intzermezzo as a teacher in Gothenburg, he returned to Uppsala in 1876 as a lecturer. In 1885 he became an associate professor and from 1889 until his retirement in 1913 he was a full professor.

He was also a member of the second chamber of the Reichstag from 1902 to 1908 and the first chamber from 1912 to 1918, where he joined the conservative framstegspartiet .

Hjärne began studying Swedish history, especially the 16th and 17th centuries, which he was particularly interested in. He praised King Gustav II Adolf in a text that was also translated into German as the “savior of Protestantism”. Another focus was the history of Russia.

In 1880 Hjärne was included in the Kungliga Samfundet för utgivande av handskrifter rörande Scandinaviens historia , in 1889 in the Humanistiska vetenskapssamfundet i Uppsala , in 1899 in the Kungliga Vitterhets Historie och Antikvitets Academies , 1901 in the Royal Society of Sciences in Uppsala and the Kungliga Vittenskitter i Uppsala Gothenburg and in 1905 admitted to the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences , plus several foreign academies and learned societies. From 1903 until his death he was a member of the Swedish Academy (chair 10).

literature

Yngve Lorents: Hjärne, Harald. In: Svenskt biografiskt lexikon , 19, pp. 156–163 ( online resource )

Web links

Commons : Harald Hjärne - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Wikisource: sv: Författare: Harald Hjärne - sources and full texts

The archives of Harald Hjärne on the Uppsala University Library website

Individual evidence

^ Gustav Adolf, the savior of Protestantism . In: Carl Werckshagen (ed.): The Protestantism at the end of the XIX. Century in words and pictures. 1900-1902; see. Sverker Oredsson : Historiography and cult. Duncker & Humblot, Berlin 1994, pp. 117-119.

personal data
SURNAME	Hjärne, Harald
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Hjärne, Harald Gabriel
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Swedish historian
DATE OF BIRTH	May 2, 1848
PLACE OF BIRTH	Klastorp
DATE OF DEATH	January 6, 1922
Place of death	Uppsala

[1] Gustav Adolf, the savior of Protestantism . In: Carl Werckshagen (ed.): The Protestantism at the end of the XIX. Century in words and pictures. 1900-1902; see. Sverker Oredsson : Historiography and cult. Duncker & Humblot, Berlin 1994, pp. 117-119.