Erik Moltke (4 April 1901 – 19 October 1984) was a Danish runologist,

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, and editor. Through his leadership, the Runologist Section of the National Museum of Denmark became a world centre for the scientific study of

runology Runology is the study of the runic alphabets, runic inscriptions, and their history. Runology forms a specialized branch of Germanic linguistics. History Runology was initiated by Johannes Bureus (1568–1652), who was interested in the ling ...

.Moltke, Erik (1985). ''Runes and Their Origin: Denmark and Elsewhere'', rear cover page. Copenhagen: Nationalmuseets Forlag. In 1942, Moltke and Lis Jacobsen published the standard edition of Danish inscriptions. Moltke also held the position of Chief Editor of the National Museum of Denmark's series of volumes on Denmark's churches until his wife Elna Møller assumed the position in 1970.

Publications

''Note: This section may be incomplete.'' *Moltke, Erik (1985). ''Runes and Their Origin: Denmark and Elsewhere''. Copenhagen: Nationalmuseets Forlag.

References

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