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Elof Tegnér

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Elof Tegnér
Photograph from Alvin by unknown.
Born(1844-06-30)30 June 1844
Källstorp Parish, Scania, Kingdom of Sweden
Died26 February 1900(1900-02-26) (aged 55)
Lund City Parish, Scania, Kingdom of Sweden
Alma materLund University
Spouse
Hedvig Munck
(m. 1891)

Elof Kristofer Tegnér (30 June 1844 – 26 February 1900) was a Swedish historian, author and librarian of the Lund University Library. He was the grandson of Esaias Tegnér the Elder and brother of Esaias Tegnér the Younger.

Biography

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He is the son of Christofer Tegnér and Emma Sophia Kinberg. In 1860, he graduated from Lund University.[1] In 1865 and 1870, he worked as extraordinary assistant at the Lund University Library and the Swedish Royal Library respectively.[2] Tegnér was responsible for moving the collections of the Royal Library, when it moved to Humlegården, Stockholm in 1877, as he was considered the most qualified; including tours he made to Germany, Italy, Spain and France in 1868–1869 to study libraries and museums.[3] In 1883, he was appointed head librarian of the Lund University Library. In 1899, he was elected 689th member of the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences.

On 9 September 1891, he married Hedvig Munck af Rosenschöld, daughter of Thomas Munck af Rosenschöld.[4] He was buried in the Lund Northern Cemetery.

References

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  1. ^ Hildebrand, Emil, ed. (1899). Historisk tidskrift [The Historical Journal] (in Swedish) (19th ed.). Stockholm: P.A. Norstedt & Söner. pp. 197–198. SELIBR 11309992.
  2. ^ Westrin, Theodor, ed. (1919). Nordisk familjebok [Nordic Family Book] (in Swedish). Vol. 28 (2nd ed.). Stockholm: Nordisk Familjeboks Förlag. pp. 656–657. SELIBR 10232365.
  3. ^ Hofberg, Herman; et al., eds. (1906). Svenskt biografiskt handlexikon [Handbook of Swedish National Biography] (in Swedish) (2nd ed.). Stockholm: Albert Bonniers Förlag. pp. 593–594. SELIBR 21501249.
  4. ^ Karlsson Leijonhufvud, Karl, ed. (1898). Svensk adelskalender [The Swedish Peerage Register] (in Swedish) (1st ed.). Stockholm: P.A. Norstedt & Söner. pp. 390. SELIBR 13584153.
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