Oskar Loorits

[1] Loorits was born in Suure-Kõpu Parish, Viljandi County.

He initially studied folklore at the University of Tartu and obtained his doctorate in 1926.

In 1944, he fled the Soviet occupation to Sweden and worked there until 1947 as an archive assistant.

From then until shortly before his death he held a position in the folk archives of the University of Uppsala.

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