| Jan Svanberg | |
|---|---|
 Jan Svanberg in Gotland, 2016 | |
| Born | (1935-06-18)June 18, 1935 Stockholm, Sweden |
| Died | April 21, 2024(2024-04-21) (aged 88) |
| Nationality | Swedish |
| Occupation(s) | Professor, historian. |
| Spouse | Birgitta Svanberg [sv] (m.1965-2013) |
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Jan Viktor Svanberg (18 June 1935 – 21 April 2024) was a Swedish art historian specialized in medieval art and professor emeritus of Art History at Stockholm University.
Personal life
Jan Svanberg was the son of the literary historian Victor Svanberg [sv] and Inga Esbjörnsson, and the nephew of the Nordist Nils Svanberg [sv]. In 1965 he married the literary scholar and feminist Birgitta Svanberg [sv].
Education and university career
Svanberg graduated with a Bachelor of Arts in 1960, a Filosofie licentiat [sv] in 1965 and a Doctor of Philosophy in Stockholm in 1973.
He was a teacher at the Södermalmsskolan [sv] in 1961-1962 and a teacher in the Department of Art History at Stockholm University starting in 1962.
He was a Lecturer between 1974 and 1993, a Docent between 1981 and 1986, Prefekt (akademisk titel) [sv] between 1982-1989 and Professor between 1982-1983 and 1989. In 1994 he became a professor of art history at the University of Oslo. He was a fellow of the Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters from 1995.
Honors and awards
In 1990, Jan Svanberg received the Samfundet S:t Erik plaque at the same time as Göran Dahlbäck [sv].
References
- Sveriges befolkning 1990, CD-ROM, Version 1.00, Riksarkivet (2011).
- "Centrum för medeltidsstudier". www.su.se (in Swedish). 2023-10-23. Retrieved 2024-02-07.
- ^ Vem Är Det 1997 s 1075.
- "Utenlandske medlemmer". Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters (in Norwegian). Archived from the original on 15 July 2007. Retrieved 22 November 2023.
Bibliography
- Svanberg, Jan (1998) . Sankt Göran och draken. Tiden, Rabén Prisma.
- Svanberg, Jan; Hans Aili (2003). Imagines Sanctae Birgittae : the earliest illuminated manuscripts and panel paintings related to the revelations of St. Birgitta of Sweden. Vol. 1 Text, Vol.2 Plates. Royal Academy of Letters, History and Antiquities.
- Svanberg, Jan (2011). Västergötlands medeltida stenskulptur. Signum.
- Svanberg, Jan (2013). Medeltida byggmästare i Norden. Signum.