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Sivar Arnér

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Sivar Arnér
Sivar Arnér
Sivar Arnér
BornErnst Nils Sivar Erik Arnér
(1909-03-13)13 March 1909
Kalmar County, Sweden
Died13 January 1997(1997-01-13) (aged 87)
Stockholm, Sweden
NationalitySwedish
Period1943–1991
Notable works
  • Plånbok borttappad
  • Knekt och klerk
  • Tvärbalk
SpouseLenke Rothman (1929–2008)

Sivar Arnér (13 March 1909 – 13 January 1997) was a Swedish novelist and playwright.[1]

Biography

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Sivar Arnér was born at Arby parish in Kalmar County, Sweden. Arnér was the son of the merchant Ernst Arnér and Hilda Nilsson. His brother Gotthard Arnér (1913–2002) was a cathedral organist first at Växjö Cathedral and later at Storkyrkan in Stockholm. His brother Ivar Arnér (1921–1986) was an economist and chief financial officer of Gothenburg Railways.[2][3]

He attended Lund University where he received his Ph.D. in 1932. He was employed as a teacher at Karlskrona, Skara and Norrköping until 1948. He subsequently settled in Stockholm to become a full-time writer. Among his novels are Plånbok borttappad (1943), Knekt och klerk (1945) and Tvärbalk (1963). Arnér also published a number of dramas including Fem hörspel (1959) and Drottningen (1984). He was awarded the Dobloug Prize in 1971.[1]

Personal life

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He was married to the Hungarian-born artist and author Lenke Rothman (1929–2008). They were the parents of Elias Arnér (born 1966), noted professor in biochemistry at the Karolinska Institutet.[4] Sivar Arnér died during 1997 in Stockholm and was buried at Voxtorp Church, Kalmar County.[1]

References

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  1. ^ a b c Godal, Anne Marit (ed.). "Sivar Arnér". Store norske leksikon. Retrieved 6 July 2012.
  2. ^ "Arnér, Gotthard". Kalmar Lexikon. Retrieved 1 May 2020.
  3. ^ "Arnér, E Ivar". Götaland utom Skåne, Halland, Blekinge 1965. Retrieved 1 May 2020.
  4. ^ "Elias Arnér". Karolinska Institutet. Retrieved 1 May 2020.
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