Eric Oxenstierna

Count Eric Carl Gabriel Oxenstierna (20 September 1916 - 22 February 1968)^[1] was a Swedish historian and archaeologist.

Eric Oxenstierna
Born	(1916-09-20)20 September 1916 Stockholm, Sweden
Died	28 February 1968(1968-02-28) (aged 51) Göttingen, Germany
Spouse	Edith Drabsch-D'Amara
Children	2
Academic background
Alma mater	University of Berlin Uppsala University
Thesis	Die Urheimat der Goten (1948)
Academic work
Discipline	Archaeology History
Main interests	Iron Age Sweden

Biography

Eric Carl Gabriel Oxenstierna was born in Stockholm on 20 September 1916.^[1][2] He was the son of prominent vicar Count B. G. Oxenstierna, and Borghild Kamph. Oxenstierna received his elementary education at Nya Elementar in Stockholm. He received his first PhD at the University of Berlin, and then a second PhD at Uppsala University. Oxenstierna subsequently published a number of influential works on archaeology, particularly regarding the Roman Iron Age of Sweden.^[3] His academic career was however cut short because of his enthusiasm for Nazi Germany, where he worked and taught during the Second World War.^[4][5] Oxenstierna died in Göttingen, Germany on 22 February 1968.^[1]

Personal life

Oxenstierna was married to Edith Drabsch-D'Amara, with whom he had a son Gyrder and a daughter Gabriella.^[1] He lived for long periods in Lidingö, Stockholm.^[2]

Selected works

• Die Urheimat der Goten. Johann Ambrosius Barth, Leipzig; Hugo Gerbers, Stockholm; 1948.
• Die Goldhörner von Gallehus. Eric Oxenstierna, Lidingo, 1956.
• The Norsemen, New York Graphic Society Publishers, 1956. (Translated and edited by Catherine Hutter)
• Scandinavia. Viking Press, New York, 1963. (Edited by Martin Huerlimann)
• The World of the Norsemen. Weidenfeld & Nicolson, London, 1967. (Translated by Janet Sondheimer)

See also

• Birger Nerman

References

1. "Eric Oxenstierna" (in Swedish). Svenska Dagbladet. 1 March 1968. p. 2. Retrieved 26 August 2020.
2. "Eric Oxenstierna" (in Swedish). Svenska Dagbladet. 1 March 1968. p. 10. Retrieved 26 August 2020.
3. "Eric Oxenstierna" (in Swedish). Dagens Nyheter. 2 March 1968. p. 26. Archived from the original on 25 September 2017. Retrieved 26 August 2020.
4. "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2022-01-26. Retrieved 2022-01-26.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
5. Alkarp, M. 2009. Det Gamla Uppsala : berättelser & metamorfoser kring en alldeles särskild plats. Uppsala University.