He graduated from Uppsala in 1954 and took a BPhil degree in Icelandic language and literature at the University of Iceland in Reykjavik .
In 1953 Almqvist first visited Ireland on a scholarship to study Irish at the UCD summer school .
Almqvist graduated from Uppsala in 1954 and took a BPhil degree in Icelandic language and literature at the University of Iceland in Reykjavik .
In 1953 Almqvist first visited Ireland on a scholarship to study Irish at the UCD summer school .