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Sigurd Grieg

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Nationality
  
Norwegian

Parents
  
John Grieg

Died
  
November 3, 1973

Role
  
John Grieg's son

Name
  
Sigurd Grieg


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Born
  
22 August 1894 (
1894-08-22
)
Fana, Norway

Occupation
  
Museologist and archeologist

Sigurd Jebsen Grieg (22 August 1894 – 3 November 1973) was a Norwegian museologist and archeologist. He is most associated with the excavation of Raknehaugen, a prehistoric burial barrow located at Ullensaker in Akershus, Norway.

He was born in the borough of Fana in the city of Bergen, Norway. He was the son of Bergen based book publisher, John Grieg (1856–1905).

He earned his Master's Degree (1923) and PhD (1926) from the University of Oslo. He was manager of the Sandvig Collections at Maihaugen in Lillehammer from 1946 to 1964. His later research centered principally on the culture of the Middle Ages.

Publications

  • Grieg, Sigurd (1924). "Norske hjelmer fra folkevandringstiden". Bergens Museums årbok 1922–1923: Historisk-antikvarisk rekke (3): 3–12. 
  • Grieg, Sigurd (1947). Gjermundbufunnet: En høvdingegrav fra 900-arene fra Ringerike. Norske Oldfunn. VIII. Oslo: Bergen. 
  • References

    Sigurd Grieg Wikipedia