Biography:Sture Allén

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Short description: Swedish linguistics professor (1928–2022)
Sture Allén
Sture Allén, Bokmässan 2013 3 (crop).jpg
Allén at the Gothenburg Book Fair in 2013
Born
Gothenburg, Sweden
Died20 June 2022(2022-06-20) (aged 93)
Stockholm, Sweden
NationalitySwedish
Alma materUniversity of Gothenburg
OccupationLinguist; Professor of Computational linguistics at University of Gothenburg
Spouse(s)
Solveig Jansson (m. 1954)
Member of the Swedish Academy
(Seat No. 3)
In office
20 December 1980 – 20 June 2022
Preceded byCarl Ivar Ståhle
Succeeded byDavid Håkansson
Permament Secretary
of the Swedish Academy
In office
June 1986 – June 1999
Preceded byLars Gyllensten
Succeeded byHorace Engdahl

Sture Allén (31 December 1928 – 20 June 2022)[1][2] was a Swedish professor of computational linguistics at the University of Gothenburg, who was the permanent secretary of the Swedish Academy between 1986 and 1999. Born in Gothenburg, he was elected to chair 3 of the Swedish Academy in 1980.[3] He was also a member of the Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters[4] and the Finnish Society of Sciences and Letters.[5]

Bibliography

  • Grafematisk analys som grundval för textedering : med särskild hänsyn till Johan Ekeblads brev till brodern Claes Ekeblad 1639–1655 (1965)
  • Tiotusen i topp : ordfrekvenser i tidningstext (1972)
  • Carl Ivar Ståhle : inträdestal i Svenska akademien (1980)
  • Svenska Akademien och Svenska Språket : tre Studier (1986)
  • Orden speglar samhället (1989); co-authors: Martin Gellerstam & Sven-Göran Malmgren
  • Som ett lejon med kluven svans (1993)
  • Modersmålet i fäderneslandet : ett urval uppsatser under fyrtio år (1999)
  • Nobelpriset i litteratur : en introduktion (2001); co-author: Kjell Espmark
  • Johan Ekeblad : vår man i 1600-talet (2006)
  • Svensk ordlista (2008)
  • Stadgar för Svenska Akademien (2012)
  • Nobelpriset i litteratur : En introduktion (2014)

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Cultural offices
Preceded by
Carl Ivar Ståhle
Swedish Academy,
Seat No.3

1980–2022
Succeeded by
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