Johan Erik Rydqvist (20 October 1800 – 17 December 1877) was a

Swedish Swedish or ' may refer to: Anything from or related to Sweden, a country in Northern Europe. Or, specifically: * Swedish language, a North Germanic language spoken primarily in Sweden and Finland ** Swedish alphabet, the official alphabet used by ...

linguist Linguistics is the scientific study of language. The areas of linguistic analysis are syntax (rules governing the structure of sentences), semantics (meaning), Morphology (linguistics), morphology (structure of words), phonetics (speech sounds ...

. He was a member of the

Swedish Academy The Swedish Academy (), founded in 1786 by King Gustav III, is one of the Royal Academies of Sweden. Its 18 members, who are elected for life, comprise the highest Swedish language authority. Outside Scandinavia, it is best known as the body t ...

from 1849 until his death, and served as its permanent secretary from 19 October 1868 to 4 March 1869.

References

1800 births 1877 deaths Members of the Swedish Academy 19th-century linguists Academics from Gothenburg

External links

Johan Erik Rydqvist
– Biography from the Dictionary of Swedish National Biography (in Swedish) {{Authority control