HULTKRANTZ, Åke G. B.

HULTKRANTZ, Åke G. B. Swedish, b. 1920. Genres: Anthropology/Ethnology, History, Theology/Religion. Career: University of Stockholm, Sweden, docent, 1954-58, professor of comparative religion and chairman of Institute of Comparative Religion, 1958-86, professor emeritus, 1986-. Visiting professor at universities in the United States, Canada, Western Europe, and Hungary. Conducted field research among the Shoshoni Indians, and the Arapaho, Flathead, Stoney, and Chumash tribes, 1948-. Shaman (journal), honorary chief editor. Publications: Conceptions of the Soul among North American Indians (monograph), 1953; The North American Indian Orpheus Tradition (monograph), 1957; International Dictionary of Regional European Ethnology and Folklore, Vol. I: General Ethnological Concepts, 1960; The Supernatural Owners of Nature, 1961; (with I. Paulson and K. Lettmar) Die Religionen Nordeurasiens und der amerikanischen Arktis (title means: Religions of Northern Eurasia and the American Arctic), 1962; Type of Religion in the Arctic Hunting Cultures, 1963; Les Religions des indiens primitifs de l'Amerique (title means: Religions of the Primitive Indians in America), 1963; De amerikanska indianernas religioner (title means: Religions of American Indians), 1967; (with E. Arbman, E. Ehnmark, and O. Pettersson) Primitiv religion och magi, 1968; Prairie and Plains Indians, 1973; Metodvaegar inom den jaemfoerande religionsforskningen (title means: Research Methods in Comparative Religion), 1973; The Shoshones in the Rocky Mountain Area, 1974; Seeing with a Native Eye: Essays on Native American Religion, 1976; (with L. Baeckman) Studies in Lapp Shamanism, 1978; The Religions of the American Indians, 1979; Belief and Worship in Native North America, 1981; (with O. Vorren) The Hunters, 1982; The Study of American Indian Religions, 1983; (with Baeckman) Saami Pre-Christian Religion, 1985; Native Religions of North America, 1987; The Drum in Shamanism, 1991; Vew är vem i nordisk mylologi, 1991; Shamanic Healing and Ritual Drama, 1992; Religion and Environment among the Saami, 1994; Soul and Native Americans, 1997; The Attraction of Peyote, 1997; Das Buch Der Schamanen: Nord-und Sudamerika, 2002. Address: Seglarvagen 7, 181 62 Lidingo, Sweden.