Lars Huldén

Lars Huldén in 2012.

Lars Evert Huldén (born 5 February 1926, Jakobstad, Finland) is a Swedish-speaking Finn writer and translator.[1] He was professor at Helsinki university 1964–1989. He has researched Carl Michael Bellman, Johan Ludvig Runeberg, Swedish dialects and toponomy.

Lars Huldén and his son Mats Huldén translated Kalevala into Swedish in 1999.

Awards and honors

In 2000, he won the Swedish Academy Nordic Prize, known as the “little Nobel”.

References

  1. ↑ Lars Huldén entry in Uppslagsverket Finland. Retrieved 4 April 2011.
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