Hedin

[ he-deen ]

noun

1. Sven An·ders [sven , ahn, -d, uh, r, s], 1865–1952, Swedish geographer and explorer.

Example Sentences

BYD is willing to take its time to become competitive in Germany, said Jan Grindemann, chief operating officer for Hedin Mobility Group, a Swedish company that is handling BYD’s imports into the country.

From New York Times

Keay also tracks the careers of the swashbuckling Swedish explorer Sven Hedin and the highly spiritual Alexandra David-Neel, who in 1924, disguised as a monk, became the first European woman to enter the forbidden city of Lhasa.

From Washington Post

The idea that the Silk Road was a Chinese-initiated political project was a fiction concocted in the 1930s by Sven Hedin, a Swedish adventurer who wanted to improve relations between China and the Third Reich.

From Salon

Chinese historians did not take Hedin seriously.

From Salon

Hedin: They were a time of transformative change on some levels but, even more important, transformative possibilities.

From Los Angeles Times