Aleksander Kan Explained

Aleksander Sergeevich Kan (31 October 1925 - 22 January 2017)^[1] was a Russian born historian and professor at Uppsala University in Sweden.^[2]

Biography

Aleksander Kan was born in Moscow. During World War II he served as an interpreter in the Soviet Army 1944 – 1945. In the Soviet Union he wrote several books about the history of Scandinavia from a Marxist standpoint. He emigrated with his family to Sweden in 1987 with help from the Swedish Prime Minister Ingvar Carlsson, and became a Swedish citizen in 1992.^[3]

He was a member of the Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters.^[4]

Notes and References

1. Web site: SCAS: News.
2. http://katalog.uu.se/empInfo/?id=XX3 Uppsala University Directory: Aleksandr Kan
3. http://www.svd.se/kulturnoje/litteratur/saps-kluvna-hallning-till-demokratin_31424.svd Kan, Aleksander - Hemmabolsjevikerna. Den svenska socialdemokratin, ryska bolsjeviker och mensjeviker under världskriget och revolutionsåren 1914-1920
4. Web site: Gruppe 1: Historie. Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters. Norwegian. 5 February 2011.