Background
Gustafson, Airik was born on April 23, 1903 in Sioux City, Iowa, United States. Son of Anders and Elizabeth (Peterson) Gustafson.
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Airik Gustafson
Edit ProfileEducation
Bachelor of Philosophy Chicago. 1925, Doctor of Philosophy (fellow English, 1926-1927, fellow comparative literature, 1933-1934), 1935. American-Scandinavian Foundation fellow, Upsala (Sweden) University, 1927-1928.
Research resident, Lunds (Sweden) University, 1934.
Honorary Doctor of Laws, Uppsala U. (Sweden), 1970.
Career
Professor English, comparative literature, Augustana College, Rock Island, Illinois, 1929-1933, member of faculty Cornell Univercity, 1933-1939. Professor Scandinavian literature University of Minnesota 1939-1970, director program Scandinavian Area Studies 1948-1970, director of the Northwest Europe Center, 1965-1970. Visiting professor of University Wisconsin, summers, 1951, 53, 57.
Achievements
Membership
Fellow Vetenskapssocieteten i Lund, 1948. Member Modern Language Association American (associate bibliographer annual bibliography 1958-1963), American-Scandinavian Foundation, American National Theatre and Academy, Selma Lagerif-sallskapet, Svenska Litteratur-sallskapet i Uppsala (Sweden,) Svenska Litteratur-sallskapet i Finland Varmlands Nation i Uppsala (honorary), Svenska Kulturforbundet i Amerika (honorary). Club: Campus (Minneapolis).
Connections
Married Cleyonne Trafford, October 23, 1936.
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Born
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Resting place
Buried Lakewood Cemetery, Minneapolis Minnesota. -
Nationality
American
Awards
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Decorated commander Royal Order of Polar Star (Sweden). Guggenheim fellow, 1945-1946, 46. Fulbright Research Scholar, U. Stockholm, Sorbonne, 1961-1962.tempSpaceFulbright-Hayes research fellow, Sweden, 1966-1967.Decorated commander Royal Order of Polar Star (Sweden). Guggenheim fellow, 1945-1946, 46. Fulbright Research Scholar, U. Stockholm, Sorbonne, 1961-1962.tempSpaceFulbright-Hayes research fellow, Sweden, 1966-1967.