Torgny Karl Segerstedt (1 November 1876 – 31 March 1945) was a Swedish

Sweden

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 scholar of comparative religion

Comparative religion

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, later publicist and editor-in-chief of the newspaper Göteborgs Handels- och Sjöfartstidning

Göteborgs Handels- och Sjöfartstidning

Göteborgs Handels- och Sjöfartstidning was a daily newspaper published in Gothenburg, Sweden, from 1832 to 1973. It was founded in 1832 by publisher Magnus Prytz and had a liberal alignment from the later part of the 19th century....

from 1917 to 1945. As such he is remembered for his uncompromising anti-Nazi

Nazism

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 stance.

Education and scholarship

Torgny Segerstedt was born in Karlstad

Karlstad

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 in Värmland County

Värmland County

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, the son of the teacher and publicist Albrekt Segerstedt (1844-1894) and Fredrika Sofia Bohman. He earned a candidate of theology-degree from Lund University

Lund University

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 in 1901 and in 1903 he became a lecturer in the history of religion. He was a lecturer in theological encyclopedics encyklopedi at Lund University from 1904 to 1912 and a professor in the history of religions at Stockholm University

Stockholm University

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 from 1913 to 1917.

Family life

Torgny Segerstedt married his Norwegian

Norway

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 wife Augusta Wilhelmina Synnestvedt in 1905. Their children are the philosopher and sociologist Torgny (T:son) Segerstedt

Torgny T:son Segerstedt

Torgny Torgnysson Segerstedt was a Swedish philosopher and sociologist. He was the son of the elder Torgny Segerstedt, scholar of comparative religion and publicist remembered especially for his uncompromising anti-Nazi stance...

 (1908–1999), and the journalist and politician Ingrid Segerstedt Wiberg

Ingrid Segerstedt Wiberg

Ingrid Segerstedt Wiberg was a Swedish journalist and politician.-Biography:Segerstedt Wiberg was born in Lund June 18, 1911 as the second child of Norgwegian Augusta Wilhelmina Synnestvedt and Swedish journalist Torgny Segerstedt...

 (1911-2010) (Swedish).