Haakon Shetelig

Haakon Shetelig (around 1940)

Haakon Shetelig (born June 25, 1877 , † July 22, 1955 ) was a Norwegian archaeologist . He worked as a curator at the Bergen Museum from 1901 and was professor at the University of Bergen from 1915 to 1942 .

life and work

Shetelig and his Swedish colleague Gabriel Gustafson led the excavation of the Oseberg ship on the Oslofjord from 1904 to 1905 .

The so-called "Shetelig Axiom" describes the thesis that the Viking Age began with the attack of the Scandinavian Vikings on the English island of Lindisfarne off the coast of Northumberland in 793.

In 1938 he was elected a corresponding member of the British Academy .

literature

Anton Wilhelm Brøgger , Hjalmar Falk, Haakon Shetelig (eds.): Osebergfunnet . Universitets Oldsaksamling, Oslo 1917–1928 (4 vols.).
Thorleif Sjøvold: The Oseberg find and other Viking ship finds . Universitetets Oldsaksamling, Oslo 1974.

Web links

Commons : Oseberg ship - collection of images, videos and audio files

Literature by and about Haakon Shetelig in the catalog of the German National Library
The Oseberg ship

Individual evidence

^ Fellows: Haakon Shetelig. British Academy, accessed July 30, 2020 .

personal data
SURNAME	Shetelig, Haakon
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Norwegian archaeologist
DATE OF BIRTH	June 25, 1877
DATE OF DEATH	July 22, 1955

[1] Fellows: Haakon Shetelig. British Academy, accessed July 30, 2020 .