Curt Weibull (19 August 1886 - 10 November 1991) was a Swedish historian. August 19 is the 231st day of the year (232nd in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar. ... 1886 is a common year starting on Friday (click on link to calendar) // Events January 9 - The United States of America is 40,000 days old. ... November 10 is the 314th day of the year (315th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 51 days remaining. ... 1991 is a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

1927-1957 he was a professor of history at Gothenburg University and 1928 he and his brother, Lauritz Weibull, founded the periodical Scandia. Together they are known for having introduced a hypercritical theory of history in Swedish history research. 1927 was a common year starting on Saturday (link will take you to calendar). ... 1957 was a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Gothenburg University Gothenburg University, or Göteborgs universitet, is a university in Gothenburg, Sweden. ... 1928 was a leap year starting on Sunday (link will take you to calendar). ... This article is about the magazine as a published medium. ...

His most important and acclaimed work is a criticism regarding the interpretation of, and the ahistoricity of the Danish historian Saxo Grammaticus' Gesta Danorum. This piece was called: Saxo. Kritiska undersökningar i Danmarks historia från Sven Estridsens död till Knut VI, and was rather controversial at the time, as it revealed the vague foundations of Demark's older history of the time. Saxo, etching by the Danish-Norwegian illustrator Louis Moe (1857 – 1945) Saxo Grammaticus (estimated. ... Bishop Asgar, etching by the Danish-Norwegian illustrator Louis Moe (1857—1945) Gesta Danorum (Deeds of the Danes) is a work of Danish history, by 12th century author Saxo Grammaticus (Saxo the Grammarian). It is the most ambitious literary undertaking of medieval Denmark. ...

In 1991 when he was 105 his last work was published: an article in a book celebrating the 100th anniversary of Gothenburg University. That probably makes him the oldest historian in the world to have a new study published while still alive. An anecdote tells that when a Danish historian was counter-criticizing parts of Weibull treatise on Saxo Grammaticus in a doctoral dissertation (believing he was dead since this was after his 100th birthday) Weibull appeared on the public disputation angrily defending his work.

His foremost legacy is that his aggressiveness and criticism rendered Swedish history prior to the 11th century highly infected, and in fact so infected that most mainstream scholars shun it to this day. In this respect, his legacy has severred the study of Swedish history from its oldest parts, moving it from history to literature. As a means of recording the passage of time, the 11th century was that century which lasted from 1001 to 1100. ...

He remains a highly controversial contributor to Swedish history.