Earlier (1961) he was in charge of the drama division in the comparative literature
program at Uppsala University.[2] From 1969 to 1997 he was professor of Scandinavian languages and literature at the University of Amsterdam.[citation needed] His daughter is artist Marit Törnqvist.
Books
(1968) "Drama of Souls: Studies in O'Neill's Super-naturalistic Technique."
(2018) (with Erik Mattsson), ”Strindberg’s Gustav Vasa and the Performance of Swedish Identity – from Celebration to Introspective Critique”, in Reconsidering National Plays in Europe. Springer International Publishing AG, 2018, ISBN9783319753331