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Sven Lidman

スヴェン・リッドマン

Sven Lidman

Aliases: Carl Hindrik Sven Rudolphsson Lidman

Profile

Gender
Male
Born
1882-06-30 (Karlskrona)
Died
1960-02-14 (Linköping) age 77
Nationality
Sweden
Languages
Swedish
Religion
Pentecostalism Baptized in 1921 Baptismal Name: Unknown

Career

Occupations
military officer, poet, writer, preacher
Active Years
1904-1957
Affiliations
Swedish Pentecostal movement
Memberships
Pentecostal movement
Influenced By
Sven Lidman (clergyman)

Education

Uppsala University
Law
Country: Sweden
studied law

Awards & Nominations

Works

Major Works

Pasiphaë

1904 poetry

Early celebrated poetry collection.

Elden och altaret

1907 poetry

Poetry collection.

Stensborg

1910 novel

Novel.

Huset med de gamla fröknarna

1919 novel

Novel after religious revival.

Gossen i grottan

1952 autobiography

First part of autobiography.

Bibliography

  • Pasiphaë
  • Primavera
  • Källorna
  • Elden och altaret
  • Stensborg
  • Huset med de gamla fröknarna
  • Såsom genom eld
  • Bryggan håller
  • Gossen i grottan

Legacy

Swedish novelist and poet who became a leader in the Pentecostal movement after a religious revival.

In Popular Culture

  • Featured in Per Olov Enquist's novel Lewis Resa (Lewi's Journey).