Åke Ohlmarks
Swedish writer and academic (1911-1984) · Sweden · On the map · Writers · Died at 73
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.
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Edvard Persson Also in Pimpernel Svensson and Greve Svensson
Åke Ohberg Directed Ung och kär and Göingehövdingen
Ingeborg Nyberg Also in En natt på Glimmingehus and Blue sky
Barbro Hiort af Ornäs Åke wrote Count Svensson (1951)
Georg Årlin Directed Blue sky (1955)
Kristina Adolphson Åke wrote When the Mills are Running (1956)
Toivo Pawlo Also in Blue sky and Där möllorna gå...
Jan Molander Also in Ung och kär and Flickan från Backafall
Bror Bügler Directed Flickan från Backafall (1953)
Mimi Nelson Also in Ung och kär and Där möllorna gå...
Torgny Wickman Directed En natt på Glimmingehus (1954)
Mim Ekelund Also in Flickan från Backafall (1953)
Ivar Wahlgren Also in Pimpernel Svensson and Greve Svensson
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About this person
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.
