# Velta Ruke-Dravina

> Velta Ruke-Dravina was a Latvian-born Swedish linguist and folklorist, as well as a professor in Baltic languages at Stockholm University. Ruke-Dravina's research interests included children's language, language contact, and dialectology. Her doctoral thesis was about diminutives in Latvian. She held the only professorship in Baltic languages outside the Baltics and had a leading role in developing the teaching program on the subject at Stockholm University. In 1980, she was elected as a member of the Royal Swedish Academy of Letters, History and Antiquities.

*Latvian-born Swedish linguist, folklorist, professor (1917-2003)*

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## Identity
- **Profile type:** Writer / Author
- **Category:** Writers
- **Country:** Sweden
- **Born:** 1917-01-25
- **Died:** 2003-05-07
- **Status:** deceased
- **Gender:** female

## Bio

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## Fame
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## Sources
- [Velta Rūķe-Draviņa](https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Velta_R%C5%AB%C4%B7e-Dravi%C5%86a)
- [ڤيلتا روك دراڤينا](https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%DA%A4%D9%8A%D9%84%D8%AA%D8%A7_%D8%B1%D9%88%D9%83_%D8%AF%D8%B1%D8%A7%DA%A4%D9%8A%D9%86%D8%A7)
- [Velta Rūķe-Draviņa](https://cy.wikipedia.org/wiki/Velta_R%C5%AB%C4%B7e-Dravi%C5%86a)
- [Velta Ruke-Dravina](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Velta_Ruke-Dravina)
- [Velta Rūķe-Draviņa](https://eu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Velta_R%C5%AB%C4%B7e-Dravi%C5%86a)
- [Velta Rūķe-Draviņa](https://lv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Velta_R%C5%AB%C4%B7e-Dravi%C5%86a)
- [Velta Rūķe-Draviņa](https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Velta_R%C5%AB%C4%B7e-Dravi%C5%86a)
- [Руке-Дравиня, Велта](https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A0%D1%83%D0%BA%D0%B5-%D0%94%D1%80%D0%B0%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%BD%D1%8F%2C_%D0%92%D0%B5%D0%BB%D1%82%D0%B0)
- [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q13561169)

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