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Peter Englund is a Swedish author and historian who was born on April 4, 1957 in Boden, Sweden. He is the former Permanent Secretary of the Swedish Academy. He is best known for his works on Swedish and European history, including his book The Beauty and the Sorrow: An Intimate History of the First World War, which won the 2010 August Prize.
Englund studied at Uppsala University, where he received his PhD in history in 1989. He has held various positions at the Swedish Academy, including Secretary of the Nobel Committee for Literature from 1999 to 2009, and Permanent Secretary from 2009 to 2015.
Englund has written several books on Swedish and European history, including The Beauty and the Sorrow: An Intimate History of the First World War, which won the 2010 August Prize. He has also written several novels, including The Black Banners, which won the 2011 August Prize.
As of 2021, Peter Englund's net worth is estimated to be roughly $1 million.
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author and historian; former Permanent Secretary of the Swedish Academy |
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67 years old |
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Aries |
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4 April 1957 |
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4 April |
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Boden, Sweden |
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Sweden |
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Peter Englund Height, Weight & Measurements
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Who Is Peter Englund's Wife?
His wife is Josefin Englund
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Josefin Englund |
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Signe Englund, Turid Englund, Gustav Englund, Karl Englund |
Peter Englund Net Worth
His net worth has been growing significantly in 2022-2023. So, how much is Peter Englund worth at the age of 67 years old? Peter Englund’s income source is mostly from being a successful Author. He is from Sweden. We have estimated
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$1 Million - $5 Million |
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On 10 January 2019, Englund announced on his blog that he and fellow Academy member Kjell Espmark would be returning as active members of the Academy. He stated that continued work to renew the Academy has now reached a point that it must be done from within.
On 6 April 2018, Englund announced that he would no longer participate in the Academy's work. On the same day, Klas Östergren and Kjell Espmark also declared that they would become inactive members of the Academy.
In 2009, perhaps to distance himself from Engdahl, the previous Nobel secretary, Englund, "criticized the jury panel as being too "Eurocentric,'" and "told the Associated Press that it was easier for Europeans to relate to European literature". In December 2014, he announced his retirement from the post of secretary of the Swedish Academy, and he was succeeded by Sara Danius May 31, 2015. On 1 June 2015, Sara Danius succeeded Peter Englund as permanent secretary.
Englund has received the August Prize (1993) and the Selma Lagerlöf Prize for Literature (2002). He was elected a member of the Swedish Academy in 2002. On 1 June 2009, he succeeded Horace Engdahl as the permanent secretary of the Academy.
Englund studied archaeology, history, and theoretical philosophy at Uppsala University, completing a bachelor's degree in 1983, after which he began doctoral studies in History. He was awarded his Ph.D. in 1989 for his dissertation Det hotade huset (English title in the dissertation abstract: A House in Peril) (1989), an investigation of the worldview of the 17th-century Swedish nobility. During his period as a doctoral student, he had also worked for some time for the Swedish Military Intelligence and Security Service ("MUST"), and the year before receiving his doctorate he had published the bestselling Poltava, a detailed description of the Battle of Poltava, where the troops of Swedish king Charles XII were defeated by the Russian army of Tsar Peter I in 1709.
Peter Mikael Englund (born 4 April 1957) is a Swedish author and historian. Englund writes non-fiction books and essays, mainly about history, and especially about the Swedish Empire, but also about other historical events. He writes in a very accessible style, providing narrative details usually omitted in typical books about history. His books have gained popularity and are translated into several languages, such as German and Czech. He was the permanent secretary of the Swedish Academy from 1 June 2009 to 31 May 2015, when he was succeeded by Sara Danius. In January 2019 Englund announced that he, and fellow academy member Espmark, would return as active members of the Swedish academy, where they had been inactive since April 2018.
