Gabriel Gustafson

Gabriel Adolf Gustafson ( born August 8, 1853 in Visby, Gotland, † April 16, 1915 in Kristiania ) was a Swedish archaeologist.

In 1871 he began studying at Uppsala University and led by its successful conclusion 1877-1888 through a series of excavations and studies in Sweden. From 1889 to 1900 he was curator at the University of Bergen in Bergen ( Norway). On September 29, 1900, he became head of the Oldsakssamlingen (Antiquity collections ) in Oslo, and professor at the Faculty. He became known worldwide for its excavation, together with the Norwegian archaeologist Haakon Shetelig, the Oseberg ship in the years 1904-1905 in Tønsberg on the Oslo Fjord in Norway.

Gustafson was among others in 1911 with the St. Olav Medal ( Knight 1st class) and in 1907 was awarded a honorary doctorate from the University of Uppsala.

Links and literature

  • A.W. Brøgger, Hjalmar Falk, Haakon Shetelig (ed.): Osebergfunnet. Utgitt av norske the stat. 4 vols, 1917-1928
  • Thor Leif Sjøvold: The Oseberg find. Oslo, Universitetets Oldsaksamling, 1974
  • The Oseberg ship (English )
  • Gustafson slide ( german)
  • Bergljot Solberg: Gabriel Gustafson. In: Norsk leksikon ( accessed September 4, 2013 ) biografisk
  • Medieval archaeologist
  • University teachers (University of Oslo)
  • Honorary Doctor of the University of Uppsala
  • Support of the St. Olav's Order ( Knight 1st class)
  • Member of the Kungliga och Vitterhets History Antikvitets Academies
  • Swede
  • Born in 1853
  • Died in 1915
  • Man
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