Background
JORGENSEN, Sven-Aage was born on July 22, 1929 in Herstedvester. Son of Aage Julius Jorgensen and Emma Lydia (nee Eriksen) Jorgensen.
JORGENSEN, Sven-Aage was born on July 22, 1929 in Herstedvester. Son of Aage Julius Jorgensen and Emma Lydia (nee Eriksen) Jorgensen.
Birkerod Statsskole, University of Copenhagen, University of Wurzburg and Warburg Institute, London.
Lecturer University of Copenhagen 1961, Professor, of German Philology since 1968. Research Professor University of Bielefeld 1980-1981. Visiting Professor Heidelberg 1973, Regensburg 1985, Kiel 1986.
Visiting Fellow A.N.U. 1975.
Royal Danish Academy, of Sciences and Letters 1986.
Married Elli Andresen in 1957 (divorced in 1985).