Nils Herlitz

Swedish politician

Nils Herlitz (1888–1978)^[1] was a Swedish historian, legal scholar and politician of the Moderate Party. He served as the third President of the Nordic Council in 1955. He served as a member of the upper house of the Swedish parliament from 1939 to 1955.^[2]

Herlitz was elected a corresponding fellow of the British Academy in 1971.

Awards and decorations

Commander Grand Cross of the Order of the Polar Star (21 November 1963)^[3]

Honours

Honorary doctorate, University of Oslo, 1961^[4]

References

^ Sveriges dödbok 1947–2006, Sveriges Släktforskarförbund
^ "Nils Herlitz". Vem är det 1957 – via Project Runeberg.
^ Sköldenberg, Bengt, ed. (1969). Sveriges statskalender. 1969 (PDF) (in Swedish). Stockholm: Fritzes offentliga publikationer. p. 151. SELIBR 3682754.
^ Wasberg, Gunnar Christie (2017-04-05), "Nils Herlitz", Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian), retrieved 2018-10-14