Johan Wrede

Johan Otto Wilhelm Wrede (born 18 October 1935) is a Finnish literary historian.

He was born in Helsinki. He earned his doctorate in 1965 and worked for three years for the Humanist Commission. In 1968 he became a docent of Swedish literature at the University of Helsinki, advancing to professor in 1969 and serving until 1995. Among his academic specialties were J. L. Runeberg.^[1]

Wrede served as vice prorector of the University of Helsinki from 1983 to 1989, and was a board member of the Society of Swedish Literature in Finland from 1967 to 2000, the last eight years as chairman.^[1] He is a member of the Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters.^[2] He was awarded the Swedish Academy Finland Prize in 1991.

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Further reading

• Håkan Andersson (1995), Festskrift till Johan Wrede 18.10.1995 / [i festskriftskommittén har ingått Håkan Andersson ... ja muita] ; [foto ... Eero Roine]., Skrifter utgivna av Svenska litteratursällskapet i Finland (in Swedish), Helsinki: Society of Swedish Literature in Finland, ISSN 0039-6842, Wikidata Q113529946

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