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Lönnaeus, Olle
The journalist and author Olof "Olle" Lönnaeus was born in Tomelilla, Southeast Scania. After completing upper-secondary school in Ystad, he did his military service in Kristianstad before moving to Lund to read law with the intention of making his services available to the most disadvantaged in society. He graduated in 1983. After having served at a district court in Malmö and working for the p...
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Schlink, Bernhard
The German lawyer and author Bernhard Schlink was born in Grossdornberg (now part of the city of Bielefeld) and grew up in Heidelberg. His mother was Swiss and his father German, a professor of theology at the University of Heidelberg. As a young man Schlink was interested in literature; he wanted either to become an author or to study history and sociology. But he followed his father's advice...