Bjørn Myhre (18 July 1938 – 28 September 2015) was a Norwegian archaeologist. He was born in

Time Time is the continuous progression of existence that occurs in an apparently irreversible process, irreversible succession from the past, through the present, and into the future. It is a component quantity of various measurements used to sequ ...

. He was assigned with the

Stavanger Museum Stavanger Museum is a museum of natural and cultural history established in 1877, located in the Norwegian city Stavanger. The museum's collections consist of several departments: the department of zoology, the department for cultural history (whi ...

from 1965 to 1968, and with Historisk Museum at the

University of Bergen The University of Bergen () is a public university, public research university in Bergen, Norway. As of 2021, the university had over 4,000 employees and 19,000 students. It was established by an act of parliament in 1946 consolidating several sci ...

from 1968 to 1985. He was appointed professor at the

University of Oslo The University of Oslo (; ) is a public university, public research university located in Oslo, Norway. It is the List of oldest universities in continuous operation#Europe, oldest university in Norway. Originally named the Royal Frederick Univ ...

from 1985 to 1993, and served as director of Arkeologisk Museum in

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from 1993 to 1998. His books include ''Jernalderens bosetningshistorie i Høyland fjellbygd'' from 1972, and ''Gårdsanlegget på Ullandhaug'' from 1980. He was a fellow of the

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Selected publications

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1938 births 2015 deaths People from Time, Norway Norwegian archaeologists Academic staff of the University of Oslo Directors of museums in Norway Members of the Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters {{norway-academic-bio-stub