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Sven Hedin

Sven Anders Hedin

Swedish geographer, topographer, explorer, photographer, travel writer and illustrator (1865-1952).

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Sex or Gender

Male

Place of Birth

Stockholm
Klara Church Parish

Place of Death

Stockholm
Kungsholm Parish

Country of Citizenship

Sweden

Occupation

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Explorer
Geopolitical Analyst
Geographer
Illustrator
Political Scientist
Writer
Non-Fiction Writer
Scientific Explorer
Politician
Geologist
Naturalist
Photographer
Botanist
Botanical Collector

Date of Birth

2/19/1865

Date of Death

11/26/1952

Instance Of

Human

Commons Gallery

Sven Hedin

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Member Of

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Royal Prussian Academy of Sciences
German Academy of Sciences at Berlin
German Academy of Sciences Leopoldina
Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences
Swedish Academy
Royal Physiographic Society in Lund
Royal Society of Arts and Sciences in Gothenburg
Royal Swedish Academy of War Sciences
Shevchenko Scientific Society
Göttingen Academy of Sciences

Given Name

Sven
Series Ordinal
:1
Anders
Series Ordinal
:2

Educated At

Uppsala University
 (1888 - )
Start Time
: 1888
Stockholm University
Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg
Humboldt-Universität Zu Berlin

Award Received

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Knight of the Order of Vasa
Knight Commander of the Order of the British Empire
Knight Grand Officer of the Order of the Polar Star
 (1909)
Point in Time
: 1909
Vega Medal
 (1898)
Point in Time
: 1898
Founder’s Medal
 (1898)
Series Ordinal
:66
Follows
:
Pyotr Semyonov-Tyan-Shansky
Followed By
:
Louis Gustave Binger
Award Rationale
: For important exploring work in Central Asia
Point in Time
: 1898
Victoria Medal
 (1903)
Point in Time
: 1903
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Alexander Von Humboldt Medal
 (1909)
Point in Time
: 1909
Carl-Ritter-Medal
 (1918)
Point in Time
: 1918
Cothenius Medal
 (1925)
Point in Time
: 1925
Grande Médaille D'Or Des Explorations
 (1904)
Point in Time
: 1904
Cullum Geographical Medal
 (1904)
Point in Time
: 1904
Grand Cross of the Order of Franz Joseph
Honorary Doctor of the University of Munich
 (1943)
Point in Time
: 1943
Honorary Doctor of the University of Oxford
 (1909)
Point in Time
: 1909
Honorary Doctorate From the University of Cambridge
 (1909)
Point in Time
: 1909
Order of the Dannebrog
Livingstone Medal
Grand Cross of the Order of the White Rose of Finland
 (2/8/1941)
Point in Time
: 2/8/1941

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Place of Burial

Adolf Fredrik Church Cemetery
Burial Plot Reference
:3990
Coordinate Location
: 59.3373°N 18.0599°E

Described by Source

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Dictionary of Swedish National Biography
Swedish Publicist's Association Photo Directory 1936
Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary
Statement Is Subject Of
:
Q24499824
Obálky Knih
URL
:bug2: http://wikiba.se/ontology#Url
Svenskt Konstnärslexikon
Swedish Academy
Swedish Census 1880
Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary
Statement Is Subject Of
:
Q24759404
Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1926–1947)
Statement Is Subject Of
:
Q104897071
1922 Encyclopædia Britannica
Statement Is Subject Of
:
1922 Encyclopædia Britannica/Hedin, Sven Anders
The Encyclopedia Americana
Statement Is Subject Of
:
The Encyclopedia Americana (1920)/Hedin, Sven Anders
Granat Encyclopedic Dictionary
Statement Is Subject Of
:
Q130219850

Nominated For

Nobel Prize in Literature
 (1912)
Point in Time
: 1912
Nobel Prize in Literature
 (1913)
Point in Time
: 1913
Honorary Doctor of the Heidelberg University
 (1928)
Point in Time
: 1928
Honorary Doctor of the University of Uppsala
 (1935)
Point in Time
: 1935
Honorary Doctor of the University of Munich
 (1943)
Point in Time
: 1943
Honorary Doctor of the University of Wrocław
 (1915)
Point in Time
: 1915

Family Name

Hedin

Field of Work

Geography

Father

Abraham Ludvig Hedin

Described at URL

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https://stockholmskallan.stockholm.s ...
https://stockholmskallan.stockholm.s ...
https://sverigesradio.se/sida/artike ...
https://sverigesradio.se/sida/avsnit ...
https://www.oppetarkiv.se/video/1363 ...
https://forum.genealogi.se/index.php ...
http://www.digiporta.net/index.php?i ...
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http://www.digiporta.net/index.php?i ...

Mother

Anna Sofia Carolina Berlin

Languages Spoken, Written or Signed

Swedish
Tibetan

Has Works in the Collection

Nationalmuseum

Sibling

Alma Hedin
Emma Hedin
Gerda Hedin
Clara Hedin

Position Held

Seat 6 of the Swedish Academy
 (12/20/1913 - 11/26/1952)
Series Ordinal
:6
Replaces
:
Hans Hildebrand
Replaced By
:
Sten Selander
Start Time
: 12/20/1913
End Time
: 11/26/1952

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Pronunciation Audio

Name in Native Language

Sven Anders Hedin

Depicted By

Sven Hedin
Creator
:
Sigge Bergström
Sven Hedin
Creator
:
Jacob Steinhardt
Sven Hedin (1865-1952), Doctor of Philosophy, Explorer, Author, Member of the Swedish Academy
Creator
:
Sigge Bergström
Q18333189

Start of Work Period

1880

End of Work Period

1952

Work Location

Stockholm
 (1880 - 1952)
Start Time
: 1880
End Time
: 1952
Munich
 (1880 - 1952)
Start Time
: 1880
End Time
: 1952

Archives At

National Archives of Sweden
URL
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Title
: Hedin, Sven, arkiv
National Archives of Sweden
URL
:bug2: http://wikiba.se/ontology#Url
Title
: Sven Hedins arkiv

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Student Of

Ferdinand Von Richthofen

Participant In

Sino-Swedish Expedition
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