Lars Huldén

Finnish writer, linguist and translator (1926-2016) · Finland · On the map · Writers · Died at 90

Lars Evert Huldén was a Finland-Swedish writer, scholar and translator. Born in Jakobstad, Finland, to the writer Elis Evert Huldén and the teacher Ester Sofia Nyvik, he was professor at University of Helsinki 1964-1989, having received his doctorate there in 1957.

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2016Died11 October 20162000Swedish Academy Nordic PrizeAward1995Karl Emil Tollander PrizeAward1991Margit Påhlson PrizeAward1986Commander First Class of the Order of the Lion of FinlandAward1980Swedish Academy Finland PrizeAward1973Commander of the Order of the Lion of FinlandAward1965Karl Emil Tollander PrizeAward1962Statsrådet Mauritz Hallberg's prizeAward1926Born5 February 1926

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Lars Huldén in 2012.

Awards

Swedish Academy Nordic Prize2000

Karl Emil Tollander Prize1995

Margit Påhlson Prize1991

Commander First Class of the Order of the Lion of Finland1986

Swedish Academy Finland Prize1980

Commander of the Order of the Lion of Finland1973

Karl Emil Tollander Prize1965

Statsrådet Mauritz Hallberg's prize1962

Memorial medal of the Continuation War

Commander of the Order of the Polar Star

About this person

In 1986 Huldén received an honorary doctorate from the Faculty of Humanities at Uppsala University, Sweden. He was a member of the Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters from 1993. He was married to Ingeborg Helena Slotte from 1948. He also served as chairman of the Society of Swedish Authors in Finland from 1972 to 1978 and of the Society of Swedish Literature in Finland from 1983.

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Finland