# Åke Ohlmarks

> Åke Joel Ohlmarks was a Swedish author, translator and scholar of philology, linguistics and religious studies. He worked as a lecturer at the University of Greifswald from 1941 to 1945, where he founded the institute for religious studies together with the Deutsche Christen member Wilhelm Koepp. His most notable contribution to the field is his 1939 study of Shamanism. As a translator, he is notable for his Swedish version of the Icelandic Edda, of Shakespeare's works and a heavily criticised translation of J. R. R. Tolkien's The Lord of the Rings, as well as a version of the Qur'an and works by writers including Dante and Nostradamus.

*Swedish writer and academic (1911-1984)*

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## Identity
- **Profile type:** Writer / Author
- **Category:** Writers
- **Country:** Sweden
- **Born:** 1911-06-03
- **Died:** 1984-06-06
- **Status:** deceased
- **Gender:** male

## Bio

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