Sigurd Jebsen Grieg (22 August 1894 – 3 November 1973) was a Norwegian museologist and archeologist. He was director of the Sandvig Collections at

Maihaugen Maihaugen (''De Sandvigske Samlinger på Maihaugen, Lillehammer'') is one of the most visited tourist attractions in Lillehammer, Norway. Maihaugen, with close to 200 buildings, is one of Northern Europe's largest open-air museums and is one of th ...

in Lillehammer. He is most associated with the excavation of

Raknehaugen Rakni's Mound ( no, Raknehaugen) is a large mound at Ullensaker in Akershus county, Norway. It is the largest free-standing prehistoric monument in Norway and is one of the largest barrows in Northern Europe. It dates to the Migration Age and h ...

, a prehistoric burial barrow located at

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, Norway.

Biography

He was born in the borough of

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in the city of

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, Norway. He was the son of Bergen-based book publisher, John Grieg (1856–1905). and Marie Justine Agnethe Jebsen (1862–1943). He earned his

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(1923) and

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(1926) from the

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. Then he was for several years been employed at the university's Antiquities Collection as an assistant and curator. From 1924 to 1946, he was administrative manager of the university's Antiquities Collection (''Universitetets Oldsaksamling'') now the

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. Grieg conducted an extensive investigation of Raknehaugen at

beginning in summer 1939. Before work could continue at the site, Norway had been occupied by

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. His later research centered principally on the culture of the Middle Ages. In 1946, he took over as director of the Sandvig Collections (''Sandvigske Samlinger'') at

in Lillehammer. Grieg retired at the age limit in 1964, but continued for a few more years as a museum assistant at the university's Antiquities Collection.

Personal life

In 1920, Sigurd Grieg married Else Thiis (1898–1977. They had a son, John Egil Grieg (1928–2006) who became an ambassador. Sigurd Grieg was a member of the

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from 1937. He was appointed a knight of the 1st class of the

Order of St. Olav The Royal Norwegian Order of Saint Olav ( no, Den Kongelige Norske Sankt Olavs Orden; or ''Sanct Olafs Orden'', the old Norwegian name) is a Norwegian order of chivalry instituted by King Oscar I on 21 August 1847. It is named after King Olav II ...

in 1957. Sigurd Grieg died during 1973 at Lillehammer.

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Raknehaugen - en empirisk loftsrydning
1894 births 1973 deaths Curators from Bergen Archaeologists from Bergen University of Oslo alumni Grini concentration camp survivors 20th-century archaeologists Directors of museums in Norway Recipients of the St. Olav's Medal Members of the Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters {{Norway-scientist-stub