Torgny Segerstedt, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Torgny Segerstedt

Scholar of comparative religion; publicist

Date of Birth: 01-Nov-1876

Place of Birth: Karlstad, Värmland County, Sweden

Date of Death: 31-Mar-1945

Profession: historian, contributing editor, theologian, journalist

Nationality: Sweden

Zodiac Sign: Scorpio

Torgny Karl Segerstedt (1 November 1876 – 31 March 1945) was a Swedish scholar of comparative religion, later publicist and editor-in-chief of the newspaper Göteborgs Handels- och Sjöfartstidning from 1917 to 1945.
As such he is remembered for his uncompromising anti-Nazi stance.