Hans Ruin

Finnish philosopher and writer

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Hans Ruin
Hans Ruin
Born	Hans Waldemar Ruin (1891-06-18)18 June 1891 Helsinki, Grand Duchy of Finland, Russian Empire (now Finland)
Died	3 November 1980(1980-11-03) (aged 89) Stockholm, Sweden
Alma mater	Helsinki University Lund University
Period	1919–1977
Spouses	Karin "Kaisi" Sievers
Children	Olof Martina

Hans Waldemar Ruin (18 June 1891 – 3 November 1980) was a Finnish philosopher and writer of Swedish-Finnish extraction.

Biography

Ruin was the son of Professor Waldemar Ruin and Flora Lindholm. He married Karin "Kaisi" Sievers (1894) in 1917, daughter of physician Klas Richard Sievers and Freifrau Karin von Bonsdorff. He had two children, Martina and Olof, and maternal grandfather to David and Marika Lagercrantz. His grandchild was also named Hans Ruin and became a philosopher.

Ruin was a varied writer, who authored works on topics ranging from continental philosophy to art and literature, as well as autobiographical pieces. Analytical philosophy, an increasingly dominating subject within philosophy at the time, felt foreign to him however. This was one of the reasons why he left Finland and moved to Sweden to pursue the study of aesthetics.

Svenska kulturfonden sponsored an award in 2003 called the Hans Ruin essay contest for essay writers. The contest is arranged every three years.