Aleksander Kan

Aleksander Kan (born 1925) is a Russian born historian, now working as a professor at the Uppsala University in Sweden.^[1]

Aleksander Kan was born in Moscow. During World War II Kan served as an interpreter in the Soviet Army 1944 – 1945. In the Soviet Union he wrote several books about the history of Scandinavia from a Marxist standpoint. He emigrated with his family to Sweden in 1987 with some help from the Swedish Prime Minister Ingvar Carlsson, and Kan became a Swedish citizen in 1992.^[2]

He is a member of the Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters.^[3]

References

1. Uppsala University Directory: Aleksandr Kan, accessed 2010-05-22
2. Kan, Aleksander - Hemmabolsjevikerna. Den svenska socialdemokratin, ryska bolsjeviker och mensjeviker under världskriget och revolutionsåren 1914-1920, Svenska Dagbladet 2005-08-30 (Swedish)
3. "Gruppe 1: Historie" (in Norwegian). Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters. Retrieved 5 February 2011.