Staffan Fridell

Professor in Scandinavian languages, 2002

Research interests

Name research, Dialectology, Historical linguistics, Etymology, Runology

Publications

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Degrees

  • Politices magister 1975 in economic history, economics, political science, statistics, business studies and law – Lund University
  • Librarian degree 1979 – University College of Borås
  • Bachelor of Arts [Filosofie kandidat] 1985 in Scandinavian languages, linguistics and mathematics – Uppsala University
  • Ph.D. in Scandinavian languages 1992 – Uppsala University
  • Associate Professor [Docent] in Scandinavian languages 1995 – Uppsala University

Employments

  • University librarian 1979–1992 (Stockholm School of Economics, Gothenburg University, Swedish College of Forestry, Växjö University)
  • Co-editor of the Swedish Dialect Dictionary, Uppsala, 1992–1994
  • Junior Research Fellow [Forskarassistent] in Scandinavian languages, Uppsala University 1995–1998
  • Senior Lecturer [Universitetslektor] in Scandinavian languages, Uppsala University 1999–2002
  • Professor in Scandinavian languages, Uppsala university, 2002–

Assignments

  • Head of the Department of Scandinavian languages, Uppsala University.
  • Member of the Faculty board of the Faculty of languages, Uppsala University.

    • Consulting expert in etymology for the Dictionary of the Swedish Academy.

  • Assistant editor of Namn och bygd [journal of Scandinavian onomastics].
  • Secretary of the Royal Society of Humanities at Uppsala.
  • Working member of the Royal Gustavus Adolphus Academy for Swedish Folk Culture.
  • Member of the Royal Society of Sciences at Uppsala.