Peter Gustav Olausson (6 November 1971 – 26 October 2023) was a Swedish author and webmaster. Between 2003 and 2023 he collected and published factoids,[1] on the Internet as well as in several books.[2][3]
Peter Olausson | |
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.jpg) Olausson in 2017 | |
| Born | 6 November 1971 Långekärr, Tjörn, Sweden |
| Died | 26 October 2023 (aged 51) |
| Occupation | Author |
| Nationality | Swedish |
| Genre | Factoids |
| Literary movement | Skeptical movement |
| Notable works | Factoids |
| Website | |
| Official website | |
Biography
editOlausson was born on 6 November 1971,[4] on Tjörn, Sweden, where he was also raised.[5] He was educated in computational linguistics and worked as a webmaster.[6]
From 2003 Olausson collected factoids, a term that has been compared to "urban legend".[2] He has described and published these on the Internet and in several books.[7] The first book was published in 2008, and book number three in the series has been translated to Norwegian.[5]
In 2009 he participated in the radio series Mytjägarna, in which Olausson and the program leader Tobias Svanelid searched for popular misconceptions, factoids and myths. The eight programs in the program series have since been repeated several times, the last time during the summer of 2012.[8]
Olausson was a board member of the Swedish Skeptics Association on various occasions[9] and from 2017 to 2018 he was chairman of the association.[10] From 2012 he was a board member of the association's Gothenburg chapter and from 2015 its chairman. In March 2017 he left his role as chairman, which was taken over by Karin Noomi Karlsson.[11]
Peter Olausson died on 26 October 2023, at the age of 51.[12]
Books
edit- Olausson, Peter (2008). Faktoider försanthållna osanningar, halvsanningar och missuppfattningar (in Swedish). Stockholm: Forum. p. 384. ISBN 978-91-37-13257-0.
- Olausson, Peter (2009). Fler faktoider: fler försanthållna osanningar, halvsanningar och missuppfattningar (in Swedish). Stockholm: Forum. p. 412. ISBN 978-91-37-13484-0.
- Olausson, Peter (2009). Är det verkligen sant? (in Swedish). Bromma: Ordalaget. p. 172. ISBN 978-91-85465-67-5.
- Olausson, Peter (2010). Nya ord med historia (in Swedish). Bromma: Ordalaget. p. 207. ISBN 978-91-85465-88-0.
- Olausson, Peter (2011). Tredje rikets myter (in Swedish). Stockholm: Forum. p. 437. ISBN 978-91-37-13611-0.
- Olausson, Peter (2012). Blindspår (in Swedish). Stockholm: Leopard förlag. p. 318. ISBN 978-91-7343-395-2.
- Olausson, Peter (2014). 1914: Vägen till första världskriget (in Swedish). Stockholm: Forum. p. 287. ISBN 978-91-37-14284-5.
- Olausson, Peter (2018). Sveriges historia: Från forntid till nutid (in Swedish). Ordalaget Bokförlag. p. 447. ISBN 978-91-74-69241-9.
Awards
edit- 2019 – Det gyllene förstoringsglaset (from the Metro Newspaper "Viralgranskaren" + The Internet Foundation in Sweden)[13][14]
References
edit- ^ "Peter Olausson – Forum". Bokförlaget Forum (in Swedish). Archived from the original on 11 March 2019. Retrieved 11 March 2019.
- ^ a b Gellerfelt, Mars (16 March 2008). "Detta har kanske nästan hänt". Svenska Dagbladet (in Swedish). Retrieved 11 March 2019.
- ^ "Faktoider : försanthållna osanningar, halvsanningar och missuppfattningar av Peter Olausson – LitteraturMagazinet". LitteraturMagazinet (in Swedish). Retrieved 24 January 2017.
- ^ "Registry of citizens on ratsit.se" (in Swedish). Retrieved 10 March 2019.
- ^ a b "Om faktoider". Faktoider.nu (in Swedish). Retrieved 23 June 2013.
- ^ Bergman, Olle (27 May 2012). "Peter Olausson: Ett 'puh!' från stenåldern". Historiska ord (in Swedish). Retrieved 24 January 2017.
- ^ Gardell, Carl Johan (30 September 2011). "Nazitysklands faktoider som mordredskap". www.unt.se (in Swedish). Archived from the original on 2 February 2017. Retrieved 24 January 2017.
- ^ "Om programmet – Mytjägarna". Sverigesradio.se (in Swedish). Archived from the original on 29 June 2013. Retrieved 23 June 2013.
- ^ "Intervju med Peter Olausson". 1av3.se (in Swedish). Archived from the original on 13 April 2014. Retrieved 12 April 2014.
- ^ "Riksstyrelsen". vof.se. Retrieved 26 April 2016.
- ^ "VoF Göteborg". Retrieved 5 May 2019.
- ^ Peter Olausson 1971 – 2023 (in Swedish)
- ^ Gustafsson, Anton (12 March 2019). "Han har avslöjat osanningar i 16 år – nu prisas mannen bakom Faktoider". Metro (in Swedish). Archived from the original on 5 May 2019. Retrieved 5 May 2019.
- ^ Fahlander, Marit (13 March 2019). "Peter Olausson avslöjar osanningar – belönas med "Det gyllene förstoringsglaset"". svt.se (in Swedish). Archived from the original on 5 May 2019. Retrieved 5 May 2019.