Axel Olof Freudenthal

Axel Olof Freudenthal (born 12 December 1836 in Sjundeå, dead 2 June 1911, Helsinki) was a Finland Swedish philologist and politician. He studied at the University of Helsinki where the nationalistic movement struggle between the Fennomans and the Svecomans currently was raging. He would side with the latter propagating against the Finnification of the society. December 12 is the 346th day (347th in leap years) of the year in the Gregorian calendar, with 19 days remaining. ... Year 1836 (MDCCCXXXVI) was a leap year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian Calendar (or a leap year starting on Wednesday of the 12-day slower Julian calendar). ... Province Southern Finland Region Uusimaa Sub-region Helsinki Area - Of which land - Rank 248. ... June 2 is the 153rd day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (154th in leap years), with 212 days remaining. ... 1911 (MCMXI) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar). ... Founded 1550 Country Finland Province Southern Finland Region Uusimaa Sub-region Helsinki Area[1] - Of which land - Rank 185. ... Areas where Finland-Swedish populations are found shown in yellow Finland-Swedish is a general term for the closely related cluster of dialects of Swedish spoken in Finland by Finland-Swedes as a first language. ... Philology is the study of ancient texts and languages. ... University of Helsinki is not to be confused with Helsinki University of Technology. ... The Fennomans were the most important political movement in the 19th century Grand Duchy of Finland. ... The Swecomans, or Svekomans, was a political movement in the Grand Duchy of Finland, chiefly reactionary to the demands vigorously conveyed by the Fennomans for the substitution of Swedish in state administration, courts and schools with the Finnish language, then spoken by approximately 80 percent of the countrys population. ...

Freudenthal was appointed a docent in 1866 in Old Norse language and wrote his doctoral thesis on the dialect of Närpes in 1878. He was a Professor of Swedish language and litterature between 1878-1904. 1866 (MDCCCLXVI) is a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar or a common year starting on Wednesday of the 12-day-slower Julian calendar. ... Old Norse is the Germanic language spoken by the inhabitants of Scandinavia and their overseas settlements during the Viking Age, until about 1300. ... Närpes (Närpiö in Finnish) is a municipality of Finland. ...

His life works has been documented by Arvid Mörne in the book "Axel Olof Freudenthal och den finlandssvenska nationalitetstanken" (1927).