Martin Lamm (22 June 1880 – 5 May 1950) was a Swedish literary scholar elected to a lifetime membership of the Swedish Academy (seat number 2).

Martin Lamm
Born22 June 1880
Died5 May 1950
NationalitySwedish
OccupationComparative literary scholar
Known forSwedish Academy membership
SpouseGreta Wawrinsky
ChildrenEsther Lamm
Parents
  • Herman Lamm (father)
  • Lisen Philipson (mother)

Life and work

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Lamm was the son of businessman Herman Lamm and Lisen Philipson. He became associate professor of literature at Uppsala University in 1908. Lamm was a professor at Stockholm University 1919–1945.

In 1928, he became a member of the Swedish Academy. Lamm was the first scholar to systematically edit the unpublished papers of August Strindberg and to conduct serious studies on the works of Carl Jonas Love Almquist. He also wrote a biography on Emanuel Swedenborg. Lamm died in a tram accident on Skeppsbron in Stockholm.

Lamm was married to Greta Wawrinsky and had a daughter, psychiatrist Esther Lamm.[1]

Sources

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  1. ^ "Psychoanalytikerinnen in Skandinavien". www.psychoanalytikerinnen.de. Retrieved 12 November 2023.
  • Svenska Dagbladets årsbok : 1950, ed. Erik Rudberg, Edvin Hellbom, Stockholm 1951 p. 286.
  • Lamm 5, Herman Fredrik in Nordisk familjebok (2nd ed., 1911).
Cultural offices
Preceded by Swedish Academy,
Seat No.2

1928–1950
Succeeded by