Johan Hinric Lidén

Johan Hinric Lidén (7 January 1741 – 23 April 1793) was a Swedish scholar, philosopher, bibliographer, humanist, and literature critic.

His most famous work was his doctoral dissertation on the history of Swedish poetry and titled Historiola litteraria poetarum Svecanorum (1764).

Lidén was born in Slaka parish, Östergötland county, to lecturer of philosophy Martin (1700–1769) and Elisabeth Rydelia (1709–1756).

His father married after the death of Elisabeth to a widow of a vicar whose son was Samuel Älf (1727–1799) who was also a docent at Uppsala University.

He lived with his friend Johan Kuhlman in Norrköping and was bedridden for the remainder of his life but continued his scholarship.