Svante Dahlström (14 October 1883 – 21 January 1965) was a

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historian. He married music educator

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in 1925 and was the father of musicologist . Dahlström was born in

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, Finland, in 1883 to Johan Edvard Dahlström and Augusta Charlotta Hallqvist. After graduating in 1901, he received his bachelor of philosophy in 1910 and worked for the national archive from 1912 to 1917. He was the first administrative director of the

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Foundation from 1917 to 1920 and secretary of the academy's consistory from 1918 to 1944. At the

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, Dahlström was the secretary of the student society

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, an organization promoting freedom of religion; he worked together with philosopher and sociologist

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. He was awarded a licentiate of philosophy in 1929; his thesis was on the

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and the history of the city's buildings. He was

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(associate professor) of Nordic history from 1930 to 1944, an associate professor from 1944 to 1950 and a

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in 1948. Dahlström founded the Turku-Area Song and Music Society () in 1922, of which he was long chairman, and he was the initiator of the () in 1929. He was also a leading figure in the organization Svenska Bildningens Vänner. Among his historical works are (1929) and ''Runsala'' (1942). Under the pseudonym ''Père Noble'' he published (stories, 1917) and (poetry, 1939). He died in Turku, Finland, in 1965.

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* Dahlström, Svante in '' Svenskt författarlexikon 1. 1900–1940'' * Dahlström, Svante in ''

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'' (2011) * Dahlström, Svante in ''

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