Name Johan Peringskiold | ||
Johan Fredrik Peringskiold (September 13, 1689 – March 2, 1720) was a Swedish translator.
Johan was born in Stockholm, studied at Uppsala and was appointed as the successor of his father Johan Peringskiold in 1712 as "translator antiquitatum" at the archive of antiquities. In 1719, he was appointed secretary and antiquarian, and he succeeded his father in 1720. He interpreted Adam of Bremen's description of Sweden (1718) and Jordanes' work Getica (1719), and he published Sogubrot af nokkurum fornkonungum i Dana- ok Sviaveldi (1719) in both Old Norse and translated form. Moreover, he translated Hjalmþes saga ok Olvis (1720), Fragmentum runicopapisticum (1721) and Asmundar saga kappabana (1722), in addition to publishing his father's translation of AEttartolur.