Sven Stolpe
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Born24 August 1905 
Katarina Parish
Katarina Parish
Died26 August 1996 (aged 91)
Filipstad church parish
(aged 91)Filipstad church parish
OccupationLiterary scholar
Spouse(s)Karin Stolpe
Sven Stolpe | |
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 Sven Stolpe in 1929 | |
| Born | 24 August 1905 Katarina Parish |
| Died | 26 August 1996 (aged 91) Filipstad church parish |
| Occupation | Literary scholar |
| Spouse(s) | Karin Stolpe |
| Children | Monica Rennerfelt |
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Sven Stolpe (24 August 1905 – 26 August 1996) was a Swedish writer, translator, journalist, literary scholar and critic, who was active in Swedish literary and intellectual discussion for most of his life.[1]
In the early 1930s, he argued for internationalism and against aestheticism, but he was also part of the Oxford Group which claimed the necessity of "moral and spiritual re-armament" and later in life, in 1947, he became a Catholic.[2] Among his literary production is a 1959 dissertation on Queen Christina of Sweden, who abdicated as a result of her own conversion to Catholicism.[3]
In 1984, the Belgian biographer Joris Taels published a biography of Stolpe.[4]
His brother was Herman Stolpe.