Aleksander Loit
Aleksander Loit | |
|---|---|
| Born | Aleksander Sitan 11 June 1925 |
| Died | 16 January 2021 |
| Citizenship | Swedish |
| Awards | Geijers historiska pris; Hertig Karls pris i historia; honorary doctorates (University of Tartu, 1989; Åbo Akademi University, 1993); Order of the White Star (III class, 2001) |
| Academic background | |
| Alma mater | Uppsala University |
| Thesis | 'Kampen om feodalräntan: reduktionen och domänpolitiken i Estland 1655–1710' (1975) |
| Academic work | |
| Discipline | History |
| Sub-discipline | Baltic history; Swedish rule in Estonia |
| Institutions | Uppsala University; Stockholm University |
| Notable works | Kampen om feodalräntan; editor of Studia Baltica Stockholmiensia |
Aleksander Loit (11 June 1925 – 16 January 2021) was an Estonian-born Swedish historian whose research focused on Estonia and Sweden, especially the early modern Baltic provinces during Swedish rule in Swedish Estonia and Swedish Livonia within the Swedish Empire.
He taught at Uppsala University and later became professor of Baltic history at Stockholm University, where he also led the university’s Baltic Studies environment and helped build scholarly networks across the Baltic Sea region. A festschrift in his honour was published in 2000 by Stockholm University.