Alexander Bugge

Alexander Bugge (30 December 1870, Christiania – 24 December 1929, Copenhagen) was a Norwegian historian. He was professor at the Royal Frederick University from 1903–1912, and his main fields of interest were culture and society in the Viking Age and the development of trade and cities in Norway during the Middle Ages.

Personal life Alexander Bugge was the son of the Norwegian philologist and historian Sophus Bugge and Karen Sophie, née Schreiner. On 16 December 1903 he married Marie Magdalene Graff. In addition to these scholarly works, he also contributed several popularl- adapted works on history, such as his two volume work Vikingerne ("The Vikings") from 1905–06 and part of Aschehoug's Norges historie ("History of Norway"), published 1910–12 concerning the time before the Battle of Stiklestad in 1030. According to Claus Krag, he also suffered periods of serious problems related to alcohol. Bugge resigned his professorship in 1912.

He remained a scholar and writer, giving lectures and publishing popular works on Norwegian history. Among other works, he published Illustreret verdenshistorie for hjemmet ("Illustrated World History for the Home"), in 9 volumes with more than 4000 pages, in the period 1920–29.

Bugge was killed in an accident in Copenhagen on Christmas Eve 1929, at the age of 59 years.

Selected works Vikingerne (1905–06) "Bidrag til det sidste Afsnit af Nordboernes Historie i Irland", in Aarbøger for nordisk oldkyndighed og historie, II. (Kongelige Nordiske oldskrift-selskab). Copenhagen: H. H. Thirles Bogtrykkeri. (1904) pp. 248–315 Duald Mac Firbis, On the Fomorians and the Norsemen. Christiania: J. Chr. Gundersens Bogtrykkeri. (1905) Caithreim Cellachain Caisil. Christiania: J. Chr. Gundersens Bogtrykkeri. (1905) Norges historie fremstillet for det norske folk (1909–16) Der Untergang der norwegischen Schiffart im Mittelalter (1914) Vierteljahrschrift für Sozial- und Wirtschaftsgeschichte (1914) Den norske sjøfarts historie (1923) Den norske trælasthandels historie (1925–28) Illustreret verdenshistorie for hjemmet (1920-29) References and notes