About Erik Moltke
Lived 1901 – 1984 (aged 83). Erik Moltke was a Danish runologist, writer, historian and art historian.
Erik Moltke (4 April 1901 – 19 October 1984) was a Danish runologist, writer, and editor. Through his leadership, the Runologist Section of the National Museum of Denmark became a world centre for the scientific study of runology.
In 1942, Moltke and Lis Jacobsen published the standard edition of Danish inscriptions.
Publications Note: This section may be incomplete. Moltke, Erik (1985). Runes and Their Origin: Denmark and Elsewhere. Copenhagen: Nationalmuseets Forlag.
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Danish runologist, writer, and editor (1901–1984)
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Erik Moltke was born on 4 April 1901 in Laurbjerg.
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Erik Moltke died on 19 October 1984.
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Erik Moltke was a runologist, writer, historian and art historian.
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Erik Moltke was Danish.
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