Career
He became Associate Professor in Religion at Uppsala University, 1947-1959, and Acting Professor of Old Testament exegesis at the Royal Academy of Turku, 1947-1956, the professor of Old Testament exegesis at the Garrett Biblical Institute, Evanston, Illinois, 1960-1962, professor of comparative religion at Åbo Akademi University in Turku, Finland, 1962-1964, and then Old Testament exegesis at Uppsala University, 1964-1983. Ringgren died on March 26, 2012. He was a fellow of the.