Aino Kann Rasmussen (born 14 December 1937,

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) is a Danish

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and former chair of the

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Biography

Rasmussen studied archaeology under

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, where she participated in the Danish archaeological expedition to

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. After obtaining her master's degree, she became an inspector first at the

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and later

Esbjerg Museum Esbjerg Museum in the centre of Esbjerg in southwest Jutland, Denmark, opened in 1941 with permanent collections covering the history of the city and the surrounding region. It includes displays from the Iron Age and the Viking Age as well as a la ...

in Jutland. In 1986, she left the museum sector to work at the

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Bruun Rasmussen Kunstauktioner. Rasmussen's father was Villum Kann Rasmussen, the founder of

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and other Danish window manufacturing companies. She served as the director and chair of the board of the

, the nonprofit foundation established by her father, from 1981 until 2007. She also wrote a biography of her father, ''Ét forsøg er bedre end tusind ekspertantagelser: V. Kann Rasmussen & Co'' (1991). She was appointed a Knight (''Ridder'') of the

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in 2002.

Publications

* ''Bramming station 1874-1974'', 1974 * ''One experiment is better than a thousand expert views : 1941-1951 : V. Kann Rasmussen & Co.'', 1991

References

1937 births Living people People from Gentofte Municipality Danish archaeologists Danish women archaeologists Danish prehistorians Danish curators Danish women curators Aarhus University alumni People associated with the National Museum of Denmark Knights of the Order of the Dannebrog {{Denmark-archaeologist-stub