Background
Söderberg, Barbro Kerstin Elisabet was born on September 23, 1932 in Stockholm, Sweden. Daughter of Carl Johan Olsson and Ella Elisabet Hellström.
Söderberg, Barbro Kerstin Elisabet was born on September 23, 1932 in Stockholm, Sweden. Daughter of Carl Johan Olsson and Ella Elisabet Hellström.
Fil. magazine, Stockholm University, Sweden, 1962. Fil. licensed, Stockholm University, Sweden, 1967. Fil., Stockholm University, Sweden, 1980.
Docent, Stockholm University, Sweden, 1981.
Scientific assistant Swedish Language Council, 1962—1966, Department Slavic Language and Literature Stockholm University, 1970—1971. Lecturer Department Scandinavian Language Stockholm University, 1970—1988, vice chancellor, 1973—1978, department head, 1980—1986, professor, 1988—1998, professor emeritus, since 1998. Prodecanus linguistic section Faculty of Humanities, Stockholm University, 1993—1996.
Fellow: Letterstedt Society, Royal Society for Editing Sources on Scandinavian History. Member: Society for Research on Ballads (board director), Swedish Society for Editing Medieval Swedish Texts and Manuscripts (board director).
Married Gösta Söderberg, 1952 (divorced 1976). Children: Ann Elisabet, Katarina.