Brita Malmer

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Brita Ingrid Maria Malmer (born June 1, 1925 in Malmö ; † May 8, 2013 ) was a Swedish archaeologist .

The archaeologist specializing in the field of numismatics had at the 1966 Lund University habilitated . She was married to Mats P. Malmer (1921-2007), archeology professor at Stockholm University , since 1949 .

Since 1971 she has been head of the Royal Coin Cabinet in Stockholm , initially a department of the Statens Historiska Museum , which she achieved in 1975 as an independent museum . In 1979 she became the first holder of the Gunnar Ekström Professorship for Numismatics and Monetary History at Stockholm University , where her student Kenneth Jonsson followed her in 1992 . She was editor of the inventory volumes of the Viking Age Swedish treasure finds and founder of the series Commentationes de nummis saeculorum IX-XI in Suecia repertis. Nova series.

Malmer was the best-known specialist in early medieval coinage in Scandinavia and has had a major influence on Nordic medieval numismatics since the middle of the 20th century. She has received numerous awards for her work.

Fonts

  • Nordiska mynt före år 1000 (= Acta Archaeologica Lundensia. Series in 8º. No. 4, ISSN  0065-0994 ). Habelt et al., Bonn et al. 1966, (At the same time: Lund, University, dissertation, 1966; with a summary in English).
  • King Canute's Coinage in the Northern Countries. The Dorothea Coke Memorial Lecture in Northern Studies delivered at University College, London 30 May 1972. Viking Society for Northern Research for the College, London 1974, ISBN 0-903521-03-2 .
  • The senmedeltida penningen i Sverige. Svenska brakteater med crowns huvud och krönta bokstäver. = Late medieval pennies in Sweden. Bracteates with crowned head and crowned letters (= Kungl. Vitterhets historie och antikvitets akademien handlingar. Antikvariska series. 31). Almqvist & Wiksell, Stockholm 1980, ISBN 91-7402-097-8 .
  • The Sigtuna coinage c. 995-1005 (= Commentationes de nummis saeculorum IX-XI in Suecia repertis. Nova Series 4). Kungliga Vitterhets Historie och Antikvitetsakademien et al., Stockholm 1989, ISBN 91-7192-766-2 .
  • Sigtunamyntningen som källa till Sveriges kristnande. In: Bertil Nilsson (ed.): Kristnandet i Sverige. Gamla källor och nya perspective. = The Christianization in Sweden. Old sources and new perspectives (= Projektet Sveriges kristnande. Publishers. 5). Lunne, Uppsala 1996, ISBN 91-88504-04-2 , pp. 85-113.
  • The Anglo-Scandinavian Coinage c. 995-1020 (= Commentationes de nummis saeculorum IX-XI in Suecia repertis. Nova Series 9). Royal Swedish Academy of Letters - History and Antiquities, Stockholm 1997, ISBN 91-7402-271-7 .
  • as editor et al .: Corpus nummorum saeculorum IX – XI qui in Suecia reperti sunt. = Catalog of coins from the 9th - 11th centuries found in Sweden. = List of coins from the 9th to 11th centuries found in Sweden Century. Stockholm 1975 ff.

literature

  • Jørgen Steen Jensen (Red.): [Festskrift till Brita Malmer] (= Hikuin. 11). Forlaget Hikuin, Højbjerg 1985, ISBN 87-87270-05-6 .

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Individual evidence

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personal data
SURNAME Malmer, Brita
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Malmer, Brita Ingrid Maria (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Swedish archaeologist
DATE OF BIRTH June 1, 1925
PLACE OF BIRTH Malmo
DATE OF DEATH May 8, 2013