Hjalmar Stolpe

Knut Hjalmar Stolpe (23 April 1841 – 27 January 1905), was a Swedish entomologist, archaeologist, and ethnographer.[1] He was born in Gävle, and is most well known for his archaeological excavations at the Viking-age site Birka. One of the graves he documented there, Bj 581, has been further analysed to be the grave of a female Viking warrior.[2] In 1883-1885 he took part in the Vanadis expedition[3].

  • Sketch from his diary about Birka in 1875
  • Sketch from his diary published in 1889 about the Bj 581 gravesite
  • Hjalmar Stolpe's tombstone in Solna.
Hjalmar Stolpe
Born(1841-04-23)23 April 1841
Gävle, Sweden
Died27 January 1905(1905-01-27) (aged 63)
Stockholm, Sweden
Resting placeSolna cemetery
NationalitySwedish
Scientific career
FieldsEntomology, archeology, ethnography

Publications
  • Stolpe, Hjalmar & Arne, T. J. (1912). Graffältet vid Vendel (in Swedish). Stockholm: K. L. Beckmans Boktryckeri.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
  • Stolpe, Hjalmar & Arne, T. J. (1927). La Nécropole De Vendel (in French). Stockholm: Akademiens Förlag.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)

References
  1. Culin, Stewart (1906). "Hjalmar Stolpe" (PDF). American Anthropologist. 8: 150–156. doi:10.1525/aa.1906.8.1.02a00160.
  2. Press release Archived 2017-09-17 at the Wayback Machine from Uppsala University about Birka findings, 2017.
  3. Erikson, Bo G. (2015). Kungen av Birka : Hjalmar Stolpe arkeolog och etnograf : [en biografi. ISBN 978-91-7353-764-3.


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