Sture Allén#
| Sadly, this member passed away. | |
| Membership Number: | 567 |
| Membership type: | ORDINARY |
| Section: | LINGUISTIC STUDIES |
| Elected: | 1989 |
| Main Country of Residence: | SWEDEN |
Sture Allén passed away June 20, 2022.
Positions Held
- 1986 - 1999 Permanent Secretary of the Swedish Academy
- 1982 Rector of Göteborg University, Sweden
- 1980 - 1986 Prorector of Göteborg University, Sweden
- 1979 - 1993 Professor of Computational Linguistics (first holder), Gothenburg University, (3/4 off duty 1986 - 1993)
- 1972 - 1979 Professor of Computational Linguistics (first holder), Swedish Humanistic Research Council
- 1970 - 1972 Associate Professor of Computational Linguistics, Swedish Humanistic Research Council
- 1965 - 1970 Assistant Professor and, periodically, Acting Professor of Scandiavian Philology, Gothenburg University
Fields of Scholarship
- Computer-aided lexicography
- Lexicology, natural-language processing
- Computational linguistics
- Swedish, Scandinavian languages
- Corpus linguistics
- Textual criticism, philology
- Language planning
Honours and Awards
- 1966 Henrik Ahrenberg Prize
- 1976 Member, Royal Academy of Arts and Sciences of Gothenburg
- 1979 Language Cultivation Prize of the Swedish Academy
- 1980 Member, Swedish Academy
- 1980 Erik Wellander Prize
- 1985 Medal for Zealous and Devoted Public Service
- 1986 Golden Ladder
- 1987 H. M. the King's Medal, 12th Size, in the Ribbon of the Order of the Seraphim for Eminent Scientific and Cultural Achievements
- 1988 Fil. Dr h. c., the Swedish University of Åbo, Finland
- 1988 Chester Carlson Research Prize
- 1988 Member, Royal Swedish Academy of Letters, History and Antiquities
- 1989 Member, Academia Europeae
- 1990 Member, Royal Swedish Academy of Engineering Sciences
- 1991 Corresponding Member, Icelandic Society of Sciences
- 1991 Honorary Member, Swedish Literary Society in Finland
- 1994 Honorary Member, Gothenburg Students Society at Uppsala University
- 1994 Member, Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters
- 1994 Gothenburg City Medal of Merit in Gold
- 1994 Knight Commander of the Order of the White Rose of Finland
- 2000 Member, Finnish Society of Sciences and Letters
- 2000 Margit Påhlson Linguistic Prize of the Swedish Academy
- 2002 Chalmers Medal for valuable contributions to the activity and development of Chalmers Technical University
- 2004 Honorary Member, Gothenburg Students Society at Lund University
- 2007 Knight of the Icelandic Order of the Falcon
