Jan Svanberg
{{Short description|Swedish professor and historian}}
{{Infobox person
| name = Jan Svanberg
| image = Jan Svanberg Gotland 2016.jpg
| caption = Jan Svanberg in Gotland, 2016
| native_name_lang = sv
| birth_date = {{birth date|1935|06|18}}
| birth_place = Stockholm, Sweden
| death_date = {{death date and age|21 April 2024|18 June 1935}}
| death_place =
| nationality = Swedish
| occupation = Professor, art historian.
| spouse = {{ill|Birgitta Svanberg|sv}} (m.1965-2013)
| parents = *{{ill|Victor Svanberg|sv}}
- Inga Esbjörnsson
| children =
}}
Jan Viktor Svanberg (18 June 1935 – 21 April 2024)Sveriges befolkning 1990, CD-ROM, Version 1.00, Riksarkivet (2011). was a Swedish art historian specialized in medieval art and professor emeritus of Art History at Stockholm University.{{Cite web |date=2023-10-23 |title=Centrum för medeltidsstudier |url=https://www.su.se/centrum-for-medeltidsstudier/ |access-date=2024-02-07 |website=www.su.se |language=sv}}
Personal life
Jan Svanberg was the son of the literary historian {{ill|Victor Svanberg|sv}} and Inga Esbjörnsson, and the nephew of the Nordist {{ill|Nils Svanberg|sv}}. In 1965 he married the literary scholar and feminist {{ill|Birgitta Svanberg|sv}}.
Education and university career
Svanberg graduated with a Bachelor of Arts in 1960, a {{ill|Filosofie licentiat|sv}} in 1965 and a Doctor of Philosophy in Stockholm in 1973.
He was a teacher at the {{ill|Södermalmsskolan|sv}} in 1961-1962 and a teacher in the Department of Art History at Stockholm University starting in 1962.
He was a Lecturer between 1974 and 1993, a Docent between 1981 and 1986, {{ill|Prefekt (akademisk titel)|sv}} between 1982-1989 and Professor between 1982-1983 and 1989. In 1994 he became a professor of art history at the University of Oslo.Vem Är Det 1997 s 1075. He was a fellow of the Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters from 1995.{{cite web|title=Utenlandske medlemmer|url=http://www.dnva.no/c26849/artikkel/vis.html?tid=26861|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070715102608/http://www.dnva.no/c26849/artikkel/vis.html?tid=26861|archive-date=15 July 2007|access-date=22 November 2023|website=Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters|language=no}}
Honors and awards
In 1990, Jan Svanberg received the Samfundet S:t Erik plaque at the same time as {{ill|Göran Dahlbäck|sv}}.
References
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Bibliography
- {{cite book|author=Svanberg, Jan|orig-date=1993|date=1998|publisher=Tiden, Rabén Prisma|title=Sankt Göran och draken}}
- {{cite book|author=Svanberg, Jan|author2=Hans Aili|date=2003|publisher=Royal Academy of Letters, History and Antiquities|title=Imagines Sanctae Birgittae : the earliest illuminated manuscripts and panel paintings related to the revelations of St. Birgitta of Sweden. Vol. 1 Text, Vol.2 Plates}}
- {{cite book|author=Svanberg, Jan|date=2011|publisher=Signum|title=Västergötlands medeltida stenskulptur}}
- {{cite book|author=Svanberg, Jan|date=2013|publisher=Signum|title=Medeltida byggmästare i Norden}}
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Category:Swedish art historians
Category:Academic staff of Stockholm University
Category:Academic staff of the University of Oslo
Category:Members of the Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters