Sture Allén

Sture Allén (31 December 1928 – 20 June 2022)[1][2] was a Swedish professor of computational linguistics at the University of Gothenburg, who was the permanent secretary of the Swedish Academy between 1986 and 1999. Born in Gothenburg, he was elected to chair 3 of the Swedish Academy in 1980.[3] He was also a member of the Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters[4] and the Finnish Society of Sciences and Letters.[5]

Sture Allén
Allén at the Gothenburg Book Fair in 2013
Born(1928-12-31)31 December 1928
Gothenburg, Sweden
Died20 June 2022(2022-06-20) (aged 93)
Stockholm, Sweden
NationalitySwedish
Alma materUniversity of Gothenburg
Occupation(s)Linguist; Professor of Computational linguistics at University of Gothenburg
Spouse
Solveig Jansson
​
(m. 1954)​
Member of the Swedish Academy
(Seat No. 3)
In office
20 December 1980 – 20 June 2022
Preceded byCarl Ivar Ståhle
Succeeded byseat vacant
Permament Secretary
of the Swedish Academy
In office
June 1986 – June 1999
Preceded byLars Gyllensten
Succeeded byHorace Engdahl

Bibliography
  • Grafematisk analys som grundval för textedering : med särskild hänsyn till Johan Ekeblads brev till brodern Claes Ekeblad 1639–1655 (1965)
  • Tiotusen i topp : ordfrekvenser i tidningstext (1972)
  • Carl Ivar Ståhle : inträdestal i Svenska akademien (1980)
  • Svenska Akademien och Svenska Språket : tre Studier (1986)
  • Orden speglar samhället (1989); co-authors: Martin Gellerstam & Sven-Göran Malmgren
  • Som ett lejon med kluven svans (1993)
  • Modersmålet i fäderneslandet : ett urval uppsatser under fyrtio år (1999)
  • Nobelpriset i litteratur : en introduktion (2001); co-author: Kjell Espmark
  • Johan Ekeblad : vår man i 1600-talet (2006)
  • Svensk ordlista (2008)
  • Stadgar för Svenska Akademien (2012)
  • Nobelpriset i litteratur : En introduktion (2014)

References
  1. Anjefelt, Monica. (20 June 2022) "Akademiledamoten Sture Allén har avlidit", SVT Nyheter. Retrieved 20 June 2022. (in Swedish)
  2. "Sture Allén är död – blev 93 år gammal". www.expressen.se (in Swedish).
  3. Arnald, Jan. "Chair no. 3 – Sture Allén". Svenska Akadmien. Archived from the original on 26 September 2009. Retrieved 21 January 2010.
  4. "Gruppe 5: Filologi og språkvitenskap" (in Norwegian). Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters. Retrieved 10 January 2011.
  5. "Finnish Society of Sciences and Letters – Foreign Members" (PDF).
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