Olaf Olsen#
Foto Jens Vellev
| Sadly, this member passed away. | |
| Membership Number: | 85 |
| Membership type: | ORDINARY |
| Section: | HISTORY & ARCHAEOLOGY |
| Elected: | 1988 |
| Main Country of Residence: | DENMARK |
Professor Olaf Olsen passed away 17 November 2015.
Positions Held
- 1981-1995 Director of the National Museum and the Directorate for Cultural Heritage
- 1971 Professor of medieval archaeology at Aarhus University
- 1966 PhD in philosophy at the University of Copenhagen
Fields of Scholarship
- History
- Archaeology
- Medieval and Viking Age archaeology
Honours and Awards
- 1991 Rosenkjær Prize
- 2003 Queen Margrethe II's Archaeological Foundation Medal
- 2014 Ragna Rask-Nielsen Research Foundation Prize
- Member of the Academia Europaea
