Torgny Segerstedt

Torgny Segerstedt
Torgny Segerstedt monument at Vasaplatsen, Gothenburg
This article is about the religious scholar and prominent anti-fascist newspaper editor. For the philosophy professor and Rector of Uppsala University, see Torgny T:son Segerstedt.

Torgny Karl Segerstedt (1 November 1876 – 31 March 1945) was a Swedish professor and scholar of comparative religion, who later became editor-in-chief of the newspaper Göteborgs Handels- och Sjöfartstidning. He is most remembered for his uncompromising anti-Nazi stance and his efforts to alert the Swedish public to the threat of Fascism during the 1930s.[1][2][3]

  1. ^ "Torgny Segerstedt, 1876–1945". NE Nationalencyklopedin AB. Retrieved April 1, 2020.
  2. ^ "Torgny Segerstedt". Det gamla Göteborg. Retrieved April 1, 2020.
  3. ^ "Göteborgs Handels- och Sjöfartstidning". Det gamla Göteborg. Retrieved April 1, 2020.