Bo Ralph

{{short description|Swedish linguist, Member of the Swedish Academy}}

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| birth_name = Bo Rune Ingemar Ralph

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1945|10|04|df=y}}

| birth_place = Gothenburg, Sweden

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| employer = Stockholm University
University of Gothenburg

| occupation = linguist, university teacher, writer

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| nationality = Swedish

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| office = Member of the Swedish Academy
(Seat No. 2)

| termstart = 20 December 1999

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| predecessor = Torgny T:son Segerstedt

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Bo Rune Ingemar Ralph (born 4 October 1945) is a Swedish linguist, member of the Swedish Academy, and professor of Nordic Languages at the Department of Swedish Language at University of Gothenburg. He was elected to the Swedish Academy on 15 April 1999 and admitted on 20 December 1999. Bo Ralph succeeded the philosopher and sociologist Torgny T:son Segerstedt to Seat No.2.

He is a member of the Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters.{{cite web|url=http://www.dnva.no/c26849/artikkel/vis.html?tid=40108|title=Gruppe 5: Filologi og språkvitenskap|publisher=Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters|language=Norwegian|accessdate=10 January 2011}}