Nationality Danish Website kaarejohannessen.dk | Years active 1994 – present | |
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Born 1964 Copenhagen, Denmark Occupation Historian, curator, presenter, writer, lecturer | ||
Kåre Johannessen (born 1964) is a Danish historian, writer, lecturer and presenter. He is the former curator at the museum of Trelleborg and Middelaldercentret, where he worked from 1994–1999 and again from 2004–2015. Today he is a self-employed historian. While working at Trelleborg he recreated the Viking game of knattleikr and injured his knee so badly that he had to use crutches for a time.
Johannessen has written several non-fiction books about both the middle ages and the viking age and historical novels. Furthermore, he has hosted a series of programs on the regional TV Øst (sub-channel of TV 2) about historical location Region Zealand and he has participated in historical quiz shows such as Historiequizzen (The History Quiz) on DR K. He also acted as historical expert in documentaries and series. He is very interested in World War I and has founded a reenactment group that portraits a group of German soldiers at the Western Front.
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