Henrik Samuel Nyberg | |
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Born | Dalecarlia, Sweden | 28 December 1889
Died | 9 February 1974 Uppsala, Sweden | (aged 84)
Alma mater | Uppsala University |
Occupation | Professor of Semitic languages at Uppsala University |
Spouses | Fanny Helena Maria Hasselberg
(m. 1920; died 1947)Ingegerd Maria Duske
(m. 1950; died 1953) |
Children | Ingegerd Fries Sigrid Kahle |
Member of the Swedish Academy (Seat No. 3) | |
In office 20 December 1948 – 9 February 1974 | |
Preceded by | Henrik Schück |
Succeeded by | Carl Ivar Ståhle |
Henrik Samuel (H.S.) Nyberg (28 December 1889 – 9 February 1974) was a Swedish scholar of broad interest and a well known expert of Iranology and Arab studies.[1]