Background
Nordin, Svante Gudmund was born on April 18, 1946 in Lund, Sweden. Son of Per Gunnar and Margot (Gyllsjö) Nordin.
Nordin, Svante Gudmund was born on April 18, 1946 in Lund, Sweden. Son of Per Gunnar and Margot (Gyllsjö) Nordin.
Studies in the explication of nature (1978) Nordin became a Doctor of Philosophy in theoretical philosophy.
He is a professor of history of ideas at Lund University. With his dissertation In 1981 he became an associate professor in history of ideas and in 1999 a full professor in the same discipline. During the 1980s his research was focused on the history of philosophy and he wrote a groundbreaking work on the history of Swedish philosophy during the 1800s and 1900s.
From the 1990s on, he has mainly focused on cultural currents during the 1900s.
His book Filosofernas krig was nominated for the August Prize. Nordin has written several textbooks in philosophy and the history of ideas.
When he turned 60 he was honored with a festschrift, Filosofiska citat.
Member of Vetenskapssamhället i Lund.
Married Christina Aina Hallind, April 1, 1985. 1 child Axel Hans.