Elof Hellquist

He was professor of Nordic languages at Lund University between 1914 and 1929 and authored the standard work Swedish Etymological Dictionary.

He became Doctor of Philosophy in Uppsala in 1890 and worked as docent of Nordic languages and adjunct at a grammar school.

He became lecturer of Swedish and German at Lund in 1898 until he went over to Gothenburg in 1903 with the same title, in addition to again serving as docent.

[1] Hellquist wrote a great amount of academic literature, in topics such as etymology, historical linguistics, toponymy and grammar.

[1] He was member of the Royal Society of Arts and Sciences in Gothenburg and was awarded professorial honours and titular dignity in 1907.