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Magnus Gottfrid Schybergson
1851–1925
A leading Finnish historian and prolific writer, Magnus Gottfrid Schybergson devoted his career to exploring Finland’s past. His works helped bring Finnish political and cultural history to a wide Swedish-speaking readership.
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Mikael Speranski
by Magnus Gottfrid Schybergson
About the author
Magnus Gottfrid Schybergson (1851–1925) was a Finnish historian who was born in Turku and died in Helsinki. He earned a doctorate in 1877 and served as an extraordinary professor of general history at the University of Helsinki from 1883 to 1924.
Schybergson wrote extensively on Finnish history, including Finlands historia and Finlands politiska historia 1809–1919. He also published biographies of Jakob Tengström, Henrik Gabriel Porthan, and Carl Gustaf Estlander. A co-founder of the Society of Swedish Literature in Finland, he chaired the organization from 1897 to 1923 and edited Finsk Tidskrift from 1887 to 1907.