For Sven Lidman (born 1921), the lexicographer and the son of the writer, see Sven Lidman (lexicographer)

Sven Lidman (lexicographer)

Sven Lidman , was a Swedish lexicographer living in Stockholm, son of the writer Sven Lidman.He was the main editor or managing director of several Swedish encyclopedias, including the 5th edition of Kunskapens bok , Focus , Lilla Focus , Combi Visuell ,...

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Carl Hindrik Sven Rudolphsson Lidman (June 30, 1882 – February 14, 1960)—military officer, poet, writer, and preacher, grandson of the priest Sven Lidman

Sven Lidman (clergyman)

Sven Fredrik Lidman, Sven Fredrik Lidman, Sven Fredrik Lidman, (December 11, 1786 in Norrköping – March 9, 1845 in Linköping, was a Swedish clergyman.Lidman received a PhD from Uppsala University in 1806 and became an ordained clergyman in the Evangelical-Lutheran state church of Sweden in...

—was born in Karlskrona

Karlskrona

Karlskrona is a locality and the seat of Karlskrona Municipality, Blekinge County, Sweden with 35,212 inhabitants in 2010. It is also the capital of Blekinge County. Karlskrona is known as Sweden's only baroque city and is host to Sweden's only remaining naval base and the headquarters of the...

, became a sublieutenant in the Swedish royal army reserve in 1903, and studied law at Uppsala University

Uppsala University

Uppsala University is a research university in Uppsala, Sweden, and is the oldest university in Scandinavia, founded in 1477. It consistently ranks among the best universities in Northern Europe in international rankings and is generally considered one of the most prestigious institutions of...

. He then began a promising career as a celebrated poet with Pasiphaë (1904), Primavera (1905), Källorna (1906), and Elden och altaret (1907). He also wrote the dramas Imperia (1907) and Härskare (1908), before starting to write novels: Stensborg (1910), Thure Gabriel Silfverstååhl (1910), Carl Silfverstååhls upplevelser (2nd edition, 1912), Köpmän och krigare (3rd edition, 1911), Tvedräktens barn (1913), and Det levande fäderneshuset (1916). In 1917 he went through a religious revival, which came out in his novels Huset med de gamla fröknarna (5th edition, 1919), Såsom genom eld (5th edition, 1920), Bryggan håller (1923), and Personlig frälsning (1924). In 1921 he joined the fast-growing Swedish Pentecostal movement

Pentecostalism

Pentecostalism is a diverse and complex movement within Christianity that places special emphasis on a direct personal experience of God through the baptism in the Holy Spirit, has an eschatological focus, and is an experiential religion. The term Pentecostal is derived from Pentecost, the Greek...

, became the editor of its magazine Evangelii Härold, and was considered the movement's second-leading person next to founder Lewi Pethrus

Lewi Pethrus

Petrus Lewi Pethrus was a Swedish Pentecostal minister who played a decisive role in the formation and development of the Pentecostal movement in his country.-Life:...

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Lidman's autobiography was published in four parts: Gossen i grottan (1952), Lågan och lindansaren (1952), Mandoms möda (1954), and Vällust och vedergällning (1957). A biography was written by Knut Ahnlund

Knut Ahnlund

Knut Emil Ahnlund is a Swedish literary historian, writer, and member of the Swedish Academy.Ahnlund is an expert on 19th and 20th century Nordic, especially Danish, literature. He wrote his doctoral dissertation on Henrik Pontoppidan, and has later written on Gustav Wied and Sven Lidman, among...

, Sven Lidman: ett livsdrama (1996, ISBN 91-7486-316-9). Biographic and historic details also appear in Per Olov Enquist

Per Olov Enquist

Per Olov Enquist, better known as P. O. Enquist, is a Swedish author. He has worked as a journalist, playwright and novelist...

's 2001 novel Lewis Resa ('Levi's journey'), and in autobiographies by the younger Sven Lidman (lexicographer)

Sven Lidman (lexicographer)

Sven Lidman , was a Swedish lexicographer living in Stockholm, son of the writer Sven Lidman.He was the main editor or managing director of several Swedish encyclopedias, including the 5th edition of Kunskapens bok , Focus , Lilla Focus , Combi Visuell ,...

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Lidman is interred in the family grave with his grandfather.