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Olaus Verelius

Scholar of Old Norse and Scandinavian studies (1618-1682) · Sweden · On the map · Writers · Died at 63

Olaus or Olof Verelius was a Swedish scholar of Northern antiquities who published the first edition of a saga and the first Old Norse-Swedish dictionary and is held to have been the founder of the Hyperborean School which led to Gothicism.

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Country
Sweden
Category
Writers
Type
Writer / Author
Status
Deceased
Dates
Lived 1618 to 1682 · aged 63