Josef Svennung | |
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Born | 7 January 1895 |
Died | 11 March 1985 90) | (aged
Nationality | Swedish |
Academic work | |
Discipline | Classical philology |
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Josef Gusten Algot Svennung (7 January 1895 - 11 March 1985) was a Swedish classical philologist. He was Professor of Latin Language and Literature at Uppsala University from 1944 to 1961. Svennung is particularly known for his research on what Jordanes and other classical writers wrote about Scandza and the rest of Northern Europe.