Johan August Lundell (25 July 1851 in Kläckeberga,

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– 28 January 1940 in

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) was a Swedish linguist, professor of

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. He is known for his work on Swedish dialects and for developing '' Landsmålsalfabetet'', a phonetic alphabet used in dialect research.

Biography

Lundell's parents were Anders Andersson and Carolina Olsdotter. He began his studies at Uppsala University in 1871 and received his

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degree in 1876. In years 1880 - 1885, he worked as

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at the Uppsala University Library.''Svensk Läraretidning'', Nr 16, 1897, p. 450
Available online via projekt Runeberg.
/ref> It was during the studies in Uppsala that his interest in Swedish dialects arose. He created '' Landsmålsalfabetet'' in 1878. In the same year, he founded the annual journal '' Svenska landsmål och svenskt folkliv'' ("Swedish Dialects and Folk Traditions"), which as of 2010 is still published. He was

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of the journal for many years. In 1882, Lundell became the first Swedish associate professor (''

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'') in

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, and in 1891 the first professor in

. In Uppsala, he taught Bulgarian,

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, Serbian, Polish and

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. In 1893, he received an

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at Uppsala University. In 1892, Lundell founded ''Upsala Enskilda Läroverk'', a private secondary school in Uppsala. Since 1960, when it was transformed into a public school, it has been known as ''Lundellska skolan'' ("The Lundell School"). Lundell married Marie-Louise Jönsson in 1882.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Lundell, Johan August 1851 births 1940 deaths Linguists from Sweden Academic staff of Uppsala University Uppsala University alumni Burials at Uppsala old cemetery Members of the Royal Gustavus Adolphus Academy