Carl August Hagberg

Carl August Hagberg (* July 7, 1810 in Lund, † January 9, 1864 ) was a Swedish linguist.

Hagberg studied at Uppsala University, where he received the lectureship in 1833 for the Greek. 1835-36 he made ​​a trip to Germany and France, moved to Paris in the neo-romantic circles and gave after his return a font, the Om nya franska vitterheten ( Stockholm 1837), out.

Since 1840 professor of modern languages ​​and aesthetics at the University of Lund, began and completed it his masterful translation of Shakespeare (Shakespeare 's Dramatiska arbeten, Lund 1847-51, 12 vols ) and in 1851 one of the Eighteen of the Swedish Academy of Sciences.

Even as a speaker enjoyed great prestige Hagberg. After he had received in 1858 the newly erected Professor of Nordic Languages ​​at the University of Lund, he died on January 9, 1864.