Aleksander Kan, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Aleksander Kan

Russian historian

Date of Birth: 31-Oct-1925

Place of Birth: Moscow, Russia

Date of Death: 22-Jan-2017

Profession: historian

Nationality: Sweden

Zodiac Sign: Scorpio

Aleksander Kan (31 October 1925 - 22 January 2017) was a Russian born historian and professor at Uppsala University in Sweden.Aleksander Kan was born in Moscow.
During World War II he served as an interpreter in the Soviet Army 1944 – 1945.
In the Soviet Union he wrote several books about the history of Scandinavia from a Marxist standpoint.
He emigrated with his family to Sweden in 1987 with help from the Swedish Prime Minister Ingvar Carlsson, and became a Swedish citizen in 1992.He was a member of the Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters.