Lars Huldén

In 1986 Huldén received an honorary doctorate from the Faculty of Humanities at Uppsala University, Sweden. He was a member of the Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters from 1993. He was married to Ingeborg Helena Slotte from 1948. He also served as chairman of the Society of Swedish Authors in Finland from 1972 to 1978 and of the Society of Swedish Literature in Finland from 1983. He has researched Carl Michael Bellman, Johan Ludvig Runeberg, Swedish dialects and toponomy. His own literary work began with the 1958 poetry collection Dräpa näcken and also included plays, song lyrics, and libretti. Among his many translations into Swedish were William Shakespeare's King Lear, Aristophanes' Peace, and the libretto for Aulis Sallinen's opera The Red Line. Huldén and his son Mats Huldén translated Kalevala into Swedish in 1999. Huldén died at the age of 90 on 11 October 2016 in Helsinki.

Lars Huldén studied at University of Helsinki. Training under Ivar Modéer is recorded. The recorded working language is Finnish, English and Swedish. Subjects and genres recorded for the work are poetry. Places of work recorded in the authority are Helsinki and Porvoo. Residence is recorded at Munsala. Employment is recorded with University of Helsinki. Distinctions recorded are Statsrådet Mauritz Hallberg's prize, Karl Emil Tollander Prize, Commander of the Order of the Lion of Finland and Swedish Academy Finland Prize.

In 2000, he won the Swedish Academy Nordic Prize, known as the "little Nobel". He was also a recipient of the Finnish State Prize for Literature (in 1965, 1974, and 1982) and a prize from the Swedish Academy in 1980.