Eivind Stenersen Engelstad
Norwegian archaeologist and art historian
About Eivind Stenersen Engelstad
Lived 1900 – 1969 (aged 68). Eivind Stenersen Engelstad was a Norwegian anthropologist, art historian, archaeologist and prehistorian.
Eivind Stenersen Engelstad (21 June 1900 – 16 February 1969) was a Norwegian archaeologist and art historian.
Personal life Engelstad was born in Kristiania as the son of jurist Bjarne Engelstad (1872–1939) and grandson of engineer Jess Julius Engelstad (1822–1896). He was married to Danish born art historian Helen Wright.
Career Eivind Stenersen Engelstad took the dr.philos. degree in 1934 on the thesis Østnorske ristninger og malinger av den arktiske gruppe. Other publications include the art historic Senmiddelalderens kunst i Norge ca. 1400–1535 (1936) and Kunstindustrien (1950). a post abolished when he left in 1960. From 1960 to 1967 he was the director of the Norwegian Museum of Decorative Arts and Design.
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Norwegian archaeologist and art historian
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Eivind Stenersen Engelstad was born on 21 June 1900 in Oslo Municipality.
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Eivind Stenersen Engelstad died on 16 February 1969.
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Eivind Stenersen Engelstad was an anthropologist, art historian, archaeologist and prehistorian.
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Eivind Stenersen Engelstad was Norwegian.
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