Birger Nerman
Birger Nerman (born October 6, 1888 in Norrköping , † August 22, 1971 in Stockholm ) was a Swedish prehistoric archaeologist and author.
Birger Nerman had two brothers, the communist Ture Nerman and the artist Einar Nerman . Nerman was from 1923 professor of archeology at the University of Tartu . He led the excavations of the Russian border fortress Isborsk and Grobiņa in Latvia . In 1938 Nerman became director of the State Historical Museum in Sweden.
Works
- The origin and the earliest emigration of the Teutons , 1924
- The connections between Scandinavia and the East Baltic in the Younger Iron Age , 1929
- Gotland's trade with the Curonian Lagoon in the 11th century. Prussia report 29, 1930, pp. 160ff.
- The Migration Period in Gotland , 1935
- Grobin-Seeburg. Excavations and finds. Stockholm 1958.
- Gotland's Vendelzeit , 1969
literature
- Kungliga Vitterhets Historie och Antikvitets Academies (Stockholm): Kungl. Vitterhets Historie och Antikvitets Akademiens årsbok. Almqvist & Wiksell, Stockholm, 1971, p. 71.
Web links
- Literature by and about Birger Nerman in the catalog of the German National Library
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Nerman, Birger |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Swedish prehistoric archaeologist and author |
| DATE OF BIRTH | October 6, 1888 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Norrkoping |
| DATE OF DEATH | 22nd August 1971 |
| Place of death | Stockholm |