Carl Säve
Swedish linguist (1812-1876)
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Carl Fredrik Säve (22 October 1812 – 27 March 1876) was a Swedish linguist who studied Dalecarlian, Gutnish, Old Norse and runestones.[1]
He passed through the academic ranks at Uppsala University, eventually becoming a professor in Nordic languages in 1859, a position he held his entire life.[1] He is credited with popularizing dialectology in Sweden.[2]
He was the brother of Pehr Arvid Säve.[1] In 1866, he married Ottilia Rosina Johanna Schenson.[2]