Józef Lewandowski (1923 in Konin – 17 November 2007 in Stockholm) was a Polish-born Swedish historian.
In his youth he fought in World War II. After the war he studied at Warsaw University, with his doctoral thesis completed in 1961. He specialised in East-European history and national issues.
In 1969 he arrived as a political refugee to Sweden and was associated with Uppsala University, where he worked until his retirement in 1988. He has published a large amount of scientific writings, among which several books. Peter Englund, who wrote the foreword to his last book Knutpunkt Stockholm ("Junction Stockholm"), was one of Józef Lewandowski's students in Uppsala.
Józef Lewandowski died on 17 November 2007 in Stockholm.
Selected bibliography
- Federalizm. Litwa i BiaÃ
ÂoruÃ
 w polityce obozu belwederskiego..., PWN, Warszawa 1962.
- Imperializm sÃ
ÂaboÃ
Âci. KsztaÃ
Âtowanie siÃÂ koncepcji polityki wschodniej piÃ
Âsudczyków 1921-1926., PWN, Warszawa 1967.
- "Swedish Contribution to the Polish Resistance Movement during World War Two, 1939-1942", Acta Slavica, Uppsala 1976.
- âÂÂCztery dni w Atlantydzieâ ("Four days in Atlantis"), Ex Libris, Uppsala, 1991.
- âÂÂSzkÃ
Âo bolesne, obraz dni... : eseje nieprzedawnioneâÂÂ, Ex Libris, Uppsala 1991. ()
- âÂÂWÃÂzeÃ
 stockholmski : szwedzkie koneksje polskiego podziemia IX 1939-VII 1942âÂÂ, Skrifter Utgivna av Seminariet i Polens Kultur och Historia vid Uppsala Universitet, Uppsala 1999. ()
- Knutpunkt Stockholm: den polska motstÃÂ¥ndsrörelsens svenska förbindelser frÃÂ¥n september 1939 till juli 1942 ("Junction Stockholm: the Polish resistance movement's Swedish connections from September 1939 to July 1942"), Atlantis, Stockholm 2006. ()
References
Web sources
The Józef Lewandowski web site (www.jozeflewandowski.se)http://www.jozeflewandowski.se/index_en.htm