Joannes Olaus Alnander

Joannes Olaus Alnander (Johan Alnander), author of the "History of Printing in Sweden" ("Historiola artis Typographicae in Suecia", Uppsala, 1722), was born towards the end of the seventeenth century, at Norrköping. For an analysis of this work, see "Acta Eruditorum Lipsiens". Supplem. viii. 506. Another work by him, published at Uppsala in 1721, is titled "Notitiæ Litterariæ sectionis primæ pars III. exhibens res Judæorum, etc. Praes. E. Benzelius."

His son, Samuel Johansson Alnander, was an accomplished theologist and writer.

References

*newgenbio|Alnander, Joannes
*"Alnander". Integrated Catalogue. The British Library. Accessed 2006-09-20.