Hjalmar Appelgren

Hjalmar Appelgren (1920)

Otto Hjalmar Appelgren also Hjalmar Appelgreen or Hjalmar Appelgren-Kivalo (born April 5, 1853 in Hyrynsalmi , † July 26, 1936 in Helsinki ) was a Finnish archaeologist and curator of the State Historical Museum in Helsingfors.

Life

Appelgren was the first state archaeologist in Finland and has greatly influenced the development of archaeological research and museums in Finland by introducing and applying new methods. At his initiative, the museums cataloged their holdings and an improved standard of the excavation report was introduced.

His excavations in Turku around 1900 began scientific archaeological research in Finland. During his excavations, he attached great importance to preserving the findings.

Appelgren was a member of the Finnish Archeology Society and a corresponding member of the Society for the History and Archeology of the Baltic Provinces of Russia .

Publications (selection)

In addition to numerous other important publications, he has written the following in German.

• Alfred Hackman, The Older Iron Age in Finland . In: Scoreboard of the Finnish-Ugric Researches. 6, 1906, pp. 32-35.
• The main features of the Scythian-Permian ornament style. Helsinki 1912.
• Bird's head and deer as ornamental motifs in prehistoric Siberia . In: Finnish-Ugric research. 12, 1912, pp. 290-296.
• Old Altaic art monuments: letters and images from JR Aspelin's travels in Siberia and Mongolia 1887–1889. Finnish Antiquities Society, Helsinki 1931.

literature

• Hjalmar Appelgren . In: Theodor Westrin, Ruben Gustafsson Berg, Eugen Fahlstedt (eds.): Nordisk familjebok konversationslexikon och realencyklopedi . 2nd Edition. tape 34 : Supplement: Aa – Cambon . Nordisk familjeboks förlag, Stockholm 1922, Sp. 244 (Swedish, runeberg.org ).

Web links

Wikisource: Hjalmar Appelgren-Kivalo  - Sources and full texts

• Hjalmar Appelgren-Kivalo . In: Biografiskt lexikon för Finland
• Appelgren- Kivalo, Otto Hjalmar . In: Uppslagsverket Finland