Henrik Schück

OccupationLiterary historian, philologist Spouse(s)Sigrid Charlotta Feron ChildrenAdolf Schück Position heldseat 3 of the Swedish Academy (1913–1947) 

Henrik Schück (2 November 1855 – 3 October 1947) was a Swedish literary historian, university professor and author.

Biography

Johan Henrik Emil Schück was a professor at the Lund University 1890–1898. He was a professor at Uppsala University from 1898 to 1920 and later Rector from 1905 to 1918. He was a member of the Swedish Academy 1913–1947, holding seat 3. He served as a member of the Nobel Committee of the academy from 1920 to 1936. He was Chairman of the Board of the Nobel Foundation 1918–1929. He was also a member of the Royal Swedish Academy of Letters, History and Antiquities and the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences.^[1][2]

In 1880, Schück was one of the founders of the Swedish Literature Society in Uppsala. He developed a reputation as a foremost literary historical researchers. He worked on the development of historic literature studies with university professor and librarian of the Nobel Library of the Swedish Academy, Karl Johan Warburg (1852-1918). They jointed edited Illustrerad svensk litteraturhistoria which covers Swedish literature for the period up to 1870. He also wrote a series of biographies of historic figures including Engelbrekt Engelbrektsson, Olaus Petri, King Gustav III as well as William Shakespeare.^[3]

Selected works

• William Schakspere, hans lif och verksamhet, (1883–84)
• Skrifter i svensk litteraturhistoria, (1887)
• Våra äldsta historiska folkvisor, (1891)
• Lars Wivallius, hans lif och dikter, 2 vol., (1893–95)
• Allmän litteraturhistoria, (several versions)
• Bidrag till svensk bokhistoria, (1900)
• Engelbrekt (1915)
• Illustrerad svensk litteraturhistoria, three volumes; with Karl Warburg (1917–18)

References

Sources

• Johannesson, Hans-Erik and Lars Lönnroth (1990) Den Svenska Litteraturen VII ISBN 91-34-51422-8
• This article is fully or partially based on material from Nordisk familjebok, Schück, Johan Henrik Emil 1855-1947.

External links

• Henrik Schück
• LIBRIS - Nationella bibliotekssystem

Cultural offices
Preceded by Carl Gustaf Malmström	Swedish Academy, Seat No 3 1913–1947	Succeeded by Henrik Samuel Nyberg
Non-profit organization positions
Preceded by Fredrik Wachtmeister	Chairman of the Nobel Foundation 1918–1929	Succeeded by Hjalmar Hammarskjöld
Academic offices
Preceded by Olof Hammarsten	Rector of Uppsala University 1905 – 1918	Succeeded by Ludvig Stavenow