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About Wilhelm Bladin
- Wilhelm Bladin (November 24, 1884 – September 16, 1968) was a noted progressive teacher and author born in Gävle, Sweden.
- He compiled grammars, manuals, and dictionaries in English, German, French, and Interlingua.
- He was the second Secretary General of the Union Mundial pro Interlingua for Sweden. He became a fil.cand.
- in English, German, and French in 1905, a fil.lic.
- in 1908, a fil.dr.
- in English in 1911, and later a fil.lic.
- in French.
- He was a lector in Härnösand beginning in 1912 and in Malmö beginning in 1916.
- He taught the first French course on Swedish radio from 1928 to 1933, at a time when radio was a recent invention.
- He was founder of a secondary superior school, Privata Elementarläroverket, which now, under the name Bladins Skola, comprises a fundamental school and a gymnasium.
- The school, which began at the end of the 19th century, is one of the oldest in Sweden.
- Bladin remained its Rector until the 1950s. Bladin was initially a proponent of Latino sine Flexione.
- He later became the Swedish representative for Interlingua.
- He joined John Nordin (1887–1983) and fil.mag.
- Erik Berggren in compiling a 14,000-word Swedish-Interlingua dictionary, published in 1964.
- Bladin also published the books "Svensk-engelsk grammatisk ordbok" in 1914, "Nyckel till student- och realskoleskrivningar i tyska och engelska" and "Student- och realskoleskrivningar i tyska och engelska" in 1916, "Tysk läsebok" con Axel Wahlgren in 1922, "Lärobok i engelska" and "Privatlektioner i engelska" also in 1922, and "Rätt grund i engelska" in 1951.
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