Johannes Swedborg

Johannes Swedborg, (5 July 1824 – 16 June 1888) was a Swedish classical languages scholar and newspaper publisher.

The studies he financed by working as a private teacher in his spare time.

At the age of 23 in 1847, he entered Uppsala University where he earned a bachelor's degree in 1856 and received his master's degree in 1857 following his dissertation De diis Romanorum penatibus.

Three years later he presented second dissertation De Claudii Claudiani quod de raptu Proserpinae inscribitur carmine epico quaestiones and was appointed associate professor of Latin at Uppsala University.

He had received a position as a lecturer in Latin, Greek, history and geography at the city's higher education and would remain in this position for the remainder of his professional life.