Lars Lönnroth


Lars Lönnroth is a Swedish literary scholar.
He was born in Gothenburg to Erik Lönnroth and Ebba Lagercrantz.
His academic career include professorships at the University of California Berkeley, University of Aalborg and the University of Gothenburg.
Most of his scholarly publications are in Swedish but the following two books are in English: Njáls saga: A Critical Introduction and The Academy of Odin: Selected Papers on Old Norse Literature.
He was awarded the Dobloug Prize in 2005.