Stubborn Lagercrantz

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Sture Lagercrantz (* 1910 ; † 2001 ) was a Swedish ethnographer and from 1962 to 1976 professor of ethnography at Uppsala University . He wrote important works on the ethnography and cultural history of Africa.

Works

  • Contributions to the cultural history of African hunting traps. Stockholm: Bokförlags Aktiebolaget Thule, 1938
  • Contribution to the ethnography of Africa. Lund: Håkan Ohlssons, 1950
  • African methods of fire-making. Uppsala: Almqvist & Wiksell, 1954
  • (with Arne Furumark and Israel Ruong) Arctica. Uppsala: Almqvist & Wiksells Boktryckeri, 1956
  • (with Bengt Anell) Geophagical customs. Uppsala: Almqvist & Wiksells, 1958
  • Spring-pole Snares and their Mechanisms. Uppsala 1966 (Studia Ethnographica Upsaliensia XXVI)
  • The petrified ones. Uppsala, 1973
  • Penis sheats and their distribution in Africa. Uppsala, 1976
  • Varia (several volumes)

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personal data
SURNAME Lagercrantz, stubborn
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Swedish ethnographer and university professor
DATE OF BIRTH 1910
DATE OF DEATH 2001