Axel Olof Freudenthal
Male, Deceased Person
1836 – 1911
Who was Axel Olof Freudenthal?
Axel Olof Freudenthal, was a Swedish-speaking Finnish philologist and politician.
He was born in Siuntio, and studied at the University of Helsinki where the nationalistic movement struggle between the Fennomans and the Svecomans was raging. He iniated the Swedish nationality movement in Finland and fought for the cultural integrity of Finland's Swedish-speaking population against the nationalist desires for complete finnization of Finland.
Freudenthal was appointed a docent in 1866 in Old Norse language and wrote his doctoral thesis on the dialect of Närpes in 1878. He was a Professor of Swedish language and literature between 1878-1904. He died in Helsinki. His life's work was documented by Arvid Mörne in the book Axel Olof Freudenthal och den finlandssvenska nationalitetstanken.
The Swedish People's Party issues a decoration named after him, the Axel Olof Freudenthal Medal. Many Silver and Bronze medals have been given to individuals since 1937, but only one Gold medal has been issued - to Elisabeth Rehn in 1994. However, Swedish People's Party has ceased issuing Alex Olof Freudenthal Medals due to criticism of issuing medal based on racistic-values and ideologies.
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