Juvenalorden

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Juvenalorden is a student society based at Uppsala University, Sweden. Juvenalorden was founded in 1907, but traces its traditions to the society known as "The Juvenals" (Juvenalerna), which had been active in the 1830s and 1840s.

The Juvenalorden, or "Juvenal Order", of 1907 was founded on the initiative of then student, later clergyman August Lindh, remembered for his widespread Swedish translation of the German student song

classical literature and characterized by its humorous anachronisms.[1]

Notable members of the younger juvenals include the arctic explorer Finn Malmgren,[2] the historian Sten Lindroth (later the Carlberg Professor of History of Ideas and Learning in Uppsala),[3] the writer Gösta Knutsson,[4] and the writer and entertainer Tage Danielsson.[5] Among the prominent living members are the lawyer Peter Nobel, former Secretary General of the Swedish section of Amnesty International,[6] and Hans Dalborg, chairman of the Nordic bank Nordea.[7]

Juvenalorden publishes a series of publications covering various aspects of Upsaliensian student history.

Notes

  1. ^ "Juvenalorden", in Nordisk familjebok, vol. 36, Supplement (1924), col. 836. On August Lindh, see the last paragraph of Lars Öberg's article on the father Alrik Lindh, in Svenskt biografiskt lexikon, vol. 23, p. 452.
  2. ^ Olle Franzén, "Malmgren, Finn", Svenskt biografiskt lexikon, vol. 24, p. 772.
  3. ^ Gunnar Eriksson, "Lindroth, Sten Hjalmar", Svenskt biografiskt lexikon, vol. 23, p. 583.
  4. ^ Gert Hornwall, "Knutsson, Gösta", Svenskt biografiskt lexikon, vol. 21, p. 393.
  5. ^ "Tage Danielsson Archived 2007-09-30 at the Wayback Machine", in the Swedish Film Database, published by the Swedish Film Institute.
  6. ^ Anders Ehnmark, "Nobel frivolitet. Peter Nobel har skrivit en jättelik bok", review of Peter Nobel's memoirs, in Expressen 29 October 2004.
  7. ^ Gunilla Sthyr, "Företagsproffs tar över klubban Archived 2007-03-11 at the Wayback Machine", press release from Uppsala University, 11 march, 2003.

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