Swedish geographer, explorer, photographer, and illustrator (1865–1952)
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Sven Hedin
Sven Hedin circa 1910
Born
Sven Anders Hedin (1865-02-19)19 February 1865 Stockholm, Sweden
Died
26 November 1952(1952-11-26) (aged 87) Stockholm, Sweden
Language
Swedish
Nationality
Swedish
Notable awards
Vega Medal (1898) Livingstone Medal (1902) Victoria Medal (1903)
Signature
Dr. Sven Hedin at home in 1902Sven Hedin signature on postcard to Johann Maria Farina 1935
Sven Anders Hedin, KNO1kl RVO,[1] (19 February 1865 – 26 November 1952) was a Swedish geographer, topographer, explorer, photographer, travel writer and illustrator of his own works. During four expeditions to Central Asia, he made the Transhimalaya known in the West and located sources of the Brahmaputra, Indus and Sutlej Rivers. He also mapped lake Lop Nur, and the remains of cities, grave sites and the Great Wall of China in the deserts of the Tarim Basin. In his book Från pol till pol (From Pole to Pole), Hedin describes a journey through Asia and Europe between the late 1880s and the early 1900s. While traveling, Hedin visited Turkey, the Caucasus, Tehran, Iraq, lands of the Kyrgyz people and the Russian Far East, India, China and Japan.[2] The posthumous publication of his Central Asia Atlas marked the conclusion of his life's work.[3]
^Wennerholm, Eric (1978) Sven Hedin – En biografi, Bonniers, Stockholm ISBN 978-9-10043-621-6
^Hedin, Anders Sven (1911) Från pol till pol: genom Asien och Europa, Bonnier, Stockholm OCLC 601660137
^Sven Anders Hedin; Nils Peter Ambolt (1966) Central Asia Atlas, Statens etnografiska museum, Stockholm OCLC 240272
Sven Anders Hedin, KNO1kl RVO, (19 February 1865 – 26 November 1952) was a Swedish geographer, topographer, explorer, photographer, travel writer and...
diverse population in Loulan. The ruined city of Loulan was discovered by SvenHedin, who excavated some houses and found a wooden Kharosthi tablet and many...
SvenHedin Glacier is a glacier north of Princess Marie Bay on central Ellesmere Island, Nunavut, Canada. The glacier has the name of SvenHedin. The Oxford...
sword, and with hunger and death, and with the beasts of the earth.'" SvenHedin on Ma Zhongying Yulbars Khan asked for Ma Zhongying's help in overthrowing...
century, the explorers Ferdinand von Richthofen, Nikolai Przhevalsky, SvenHedin and Aurel Stein visited and studied the area. It is also likely that Swedish...
and its successor the Vanagon (also calle Westy and Campmobile), the SvenHedin and Florida conversions on the Volkswagen LT, and then the T4 EuroVan...
itself. This range he considers to belong to the Choltagh system, whereas SvenHedin would assign it to the Kuruk-tagh. This last, which is pretty certainly...
hijacked lorries at gunpoint from SvenHedin, who was on an expedition from the Nanjing KMT government. When Hedin showed him his passports from Nanjing...
Sven Fredrik Hedin (6 November 1923 – 2 January 2004) was a Swedish diplomat. Hedin joined the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Stockholm as an attaché...
of the Order of the German Eagle on 9 February 1940. Swedish explorer SvenHedin was awarded the Grand Cross of the Order of the German Eagle on his 75th...
east. The name Transhimalaya was introduced by the Swedish geographer SvenHedin in early 20th century. The Transhimalaya was described by the Columbia...
Hedin may refer to Hedin (surname) Hedin (crater) on the Moon SvenHedin Glacier in Canada A legendary figure in Nordic mythology, see Hedin and Högni...
Sven Gustaf Hedin (6 October 1859 – 11 July 1933) was a Swedish chemist and physiologist credited with the discovery of histidine. He was born in Alseda...
17, Supplement: Hyllningsskrift Tillagnad SvenHedin (1935), S. 175-184. (Putuo Zongcheng Temple) Hedin, Sven and Bergman, Folke: History of the expedition...
Swedish diplomat Sven Dahlvig, Swedish philatelist Sven Hassel, Danish-born soldier and writer SvenHedin, Swedish explorer and geographer Sven O. Høiby, father...
of the Sino-Swedish Northwest China Scientific Inspection Team led by SvenHedin (1865-1952). He is best known for his discovery of the Xiaohe Tomb complex...
established which treasures 5000 rare manuscripts. Stein was influenced by SvenHedin's 1898 work Through Asia. In June 1898, he sought the help of Hoernle and...
weekly geographical “colloquium.” Among his most famous students was SvenHedin, the Swedish explorer. He served as president of the German Geographical...
nominees include Pierre Loti, Verner von Heidenstam (awarded in 1916), SvenHedin, Ángel Guimerá, Anatole France (awarded in 1921), John Morley, and Thomas...
today, according to the instrument of government, ceremonial. In 1902, SvenHedin became the last person, other than members of the royal family, to be...
help Chinese forces battle Japan, and that he would return to Gansu. SvenHedin wrote that Ma Hushan would "certainly obey the summons" to join the Chinese...
Society for the Study of Early China. pp. 161–192. ISBN 1-55729-058-X. Hedin, Sven Anders. "History of the Expedition in Asia, 1927–1935 Reports from the...
Through Asia Volume 1 is a travel book by the Swedish explorer SvenHedin, which was published in 1898 by the British publishing house Methuen Publishing...
Tsarist Russia. Much of the land between was unmapped. In the early 1890s, SvenHedin passed through Uzbekistan, during his first expedition. By the beginning...
sixteenth century until very recently. The early 20th century explorer SvenHedin also encountered Tibetan tribesmen on horseback armed with matchlock rifles...
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