Barbro Klein (1938 – January 2018) was a Swedish professor of ethnology.[1] After a bachelor's degree at the University of Stockholm in 1961, she obtained a scholarship to study at Indiana University where she received her Ph. D. in folklore studies and anthropology in 1970 under the direction of Richard Dorson.[1] She returned to Scandinavia in 1983, to take a position at the University of Stockholm. Klein was Director emerita of the Swedish Collegium for Advanced Study (SCAS), and a member of the Executive Board of the American Folklore Society.[1][2] In 2017, she was awarded the H. M. The King's Medal for “significant contributions to Swedish and international scholarship and as an ethnologist.”[1][3]
Klein wrote extensively on oral narration, rituals, and expressive culture, often in multi-ethnic settings. Her main fields were the folklore of Northern America and Scandinavia.
Selected writings
- (1980) Legends and Folk Beliefs in a Swedish-American Community: A Study in Folklore and Acculturation
- (2000) The Moral Content of Tradition: Homecraft, Ethnology, and Swedish Life in the Twentieth Century. Western Folklore.
- (2006) Narrating, Doing, Experiencing: Nordic Folkloristic Perspectives (edited with Annikki Kaivola-Bregenhøj and Ulf Palmenfelt)
References
- ^ a b c d af Klintberg, Bengt (2018-07-03). "Barbro Klein (1938–2018)". Folklore. pp. 316–318. doi:10.1080/0015587x.2018.1485979. Retrieved 2018-10-16.
- ^ "SCAS: Barbro Klein". www.swedishcollegium.se. Retrieved 2018-10-16.
- ^ "Medaljförläningar 28 januari 2017 - Sveriges Kungahus". www.kungahuset.se (in Swedish). 2017-01-28. Retrieved 2018-10-16.