Abram de Swaan

{{Short description|Dutch essayist, sociologist and professor emeritus (born 1942)}}

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Abram de Swaan ({{IPA|nl|ˈaːbrɑm də ˈsʋaːn}}; born 8 January 1942) is a Dutch essayist, sociologist and professor emeritus from the University of Amsterdam.

In 1996, he became member of the Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences.{{cite web |author= |url=https://www.knaw.nl/en/members/members/4847?set_language=en |title=Abram de Swaan |publisher=Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences |date= |accessdate=30 July 2015 |archive-date=2 February 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170202044749/https://www.knaw.nl/en/members/members/4847?set_language=en |url-status=dead }} He was elected a member of the Academia Europaea in 2000.{{cite web|author= |url=https://www.ae-info.org/ae/Member/De_Swaan_Abram |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190328104531/https://www.ae-info.org/ae/Member/De_Swaan_Abram |title=Abram De Swaan |publisher=Academia Europaea |date= |archive-date=28 March 2019}}

He developed the concept of a global language system.

He received the P. C. Hooft Award in 2008.{{in lang|nl}} [http://www.volkskrant.nl/binnenland/article487470.ece/P.C._Hooftprijs_voor_Abram_de_Swaan P.C. Hooftprijs voor Abram de Swaan], de Volkskrant, 15 dec 2007 (Retrieved on May 11, 2008)