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Born January 15, 1866 • Sweden
Died July 12, 1931 (aged 65) • Uppsala • Sweden
Awards And Honors Nobel Prize (1930)
Subjects Of Study comparative religion

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Söderblom, oil painting by E. Haag-Bolin, 1933; in the Svenska Porträttarkivet, Stockholm
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