Per Egil Törnqvist was Professor Emeritus of Scandinavian Studies at the University of Amsterdam and an academic literary critic.
Earlier he was in charge of the drama division in the comparative literature
program at Uppsala University. Wikipedia
Born: December 19, 1932, Uppsala, Sweden
Died: March 9, 2015 (age 82 years), Amsterdam, Netherlands
Children: Marit Törnqvist
Partner: Rita Verschuur
Parents: Einar Törnqvist