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Carl Wilhelm von Sydow (21 December 1878 – 4 March 1952) was a Swedish folklore scholar. A professor at Lund University, he was a pioneer of folklore studies in Sweden and contributed to establishing systematic methods in the field.
Carl Wilhelm von Sydow, född den 21 december 1878 i Ryssby församling, Kronobergs län, död den 4 mars 1952 i Lunds domkyrkoförsamling, Lund [ 6], var en svensk folklivsforskare . Biografi. Carl Wilhelm von Sydow var son till lantbruksskoleföreståndaren Ludvig von Sydow och friherrinnan Göthilda Rappe.
In 1934, Carl Wilhelm von Sydow differentiated between "memo-rate" and "fabulate" (von Sydow 1934:261). The basic tenet of this distinction was that first hand accounts of supernatural experiences are a different type of folk narrative than second or third hand ac-counts. To avoid the exclusionary nature of such a distinction, von
Carl Wilhelm von Sydow. Född:1878-12-21 – Ryssby församling (G-län), Kronobergs län. Död:1952-03-04 – Lunds domkyrkoförsamling, Skåne län. Folklorist. Band 35 (2020-), sida 77. Meriter. 4 von Sydow, Carl Wilhelm, f 21 dec 1878 i Ryssby, Kron, d 4 mars 1952 i Lund, Domk. Föräldrar: säteriägaren Otto Ludvig von S o friherrinnan Götilda Rappe.
Carl Wilhelm von Sydow: A Swedish Pioneer in Folklore. Helsinki: Suomalainen Tiedeakatemia (Academia Scientiarum Fennica). 2009. 272 pp. ISBN 978-951-41-1050-4 (hardback) ISBN 978-951-41-1051-1 (paperback) 30 euros (hardback) 25 euros (paperback)
When Swedish folklorist and ethnologist Carl Wilhelm von Sydow (1878–1952)1 picked the term for describing a process of cultural adaptation of tradition, he was imputing into his terminology the subjectivity of the tradition bearers (also his term) whose close contact with their natural environment was a key paradigm for his analytical work.
Carl Wilhelm von Sydow (21 December 1878 – 4 March 1952) was a Swedish folklore scholar. A professor at Lund University, he was a pioneer of folklore studies in Sweden and contributed to establishing systematic methods in the field. Contents. Early life and education. Career. Personal life. Honours. References. Further reading.
