Sverre Marstrander, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Sverre Marstrander

Norwegian archaeologist

Date of Birth: 24-Oct-1910

Place of Birth: Oslo, Eastern Norway, Norway

Date of Death: 20-Sep-1986

Profession: professor, archaeologist, anthropologist

Nationality: Norway

Zodiac Sign: Scorpio

Sverre Marstrander (24 October 1910 – 20 September 1986) was a Norwegian professor in archaeology.Marstrander was born in Oslo, Norway.
He earned his Magister degree in Classical Archaeology at the University of Oslo in 1937.
He worked with the Royal Norwegian Society of Sciences and Letters at Trondheim (1948–1968).
Marstrander became a professor in Nordic archaeology at the University of Oslo in 1968.
In that same year he was appointed as the manager of the University of Oslo Museum of National Antiquities (Oldsaksamlingen) and was in the position until 1980.
His most important studies were in the research of Norwegian Bronze Age rock carvings, which showed in his dr.philos.
dissertation from 1963; Østfolds jordbruksristninger.