Baron Nils Erland Herbert Nordenskiöld was a Swedish archeologist and anthropologist. Nordenskiöld's research focused on the ethnography and prehistory of South America.
He was born in Stockholm, the son of N.A.E. Nordenskiöld. He was educated at Uppsala, was connected with the Museum of Natural History at Stockholm (1906–08), and became director of the ethnographic division of the Göteborg Museum (1913). He made journeys of discovery in Patagonia (1899), in Argentina and Bolivia (1901–02), in Peru and Bolivia (1904–05), in Bolivia (1908–09), and in 1913 in the interior of South America. From these journeys he brought home large collections to Göteborg where he was head of the Ethnographical Museum.
In 1912 he was awarded the Loubat Prize and the Wahlberg gold medal.
Besides numerous articles in scientific periodicals, Nordenskiöld published: Från högfjäll och urskogar (1902), Indianlif i El Gran Chaco (1910; German translation, 1912), Indianer och hvita (1911), and Sydamerikas indianer (1912).
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He was born in Stockholm, the son of N.A.E. Nordenskiöld. He was educated at Uppsala, was connected with the Museum of Natural History at Stockholm (1906–08), and became director of the ethnographic division of the Göteborg Museum (1913). He made journeys of discovery in Patagonia (1899), in Argentina and Bolivia (1901–02), in Peru and Bolivia (1904–05), in Bolivia (1908–09), and in 1913 in the interior of South America. From these journeys he brought home large collections to Göteborg where he was head of the Ethnographical Museum.
In 1912 he was awarded the Loubat Prize and the Wahlberg gold medal.
Besides numerous articles in scientific periodicals, Nordenskiöld published: Från högfjäll och urskogar (1902), Indianlif i El Gran Chaco (1910; German translation, 1912), Indianer och hvita (1911), and Sydamerikas indianer (1912).
From Wikipedia. For the Swedish-language version, click here; and for the Finnish, click here.
Baron Nils Erland Herbert Nordenskiöld was a Swedish archeologist and anthropologist. Nordenskiöld's research focused on the ethnography and prehistory of South America.
He was born in Stockholm, the son of N.A.E. Nordenskiöld. He was educated at Uppsala, was connected with the Museum of Natural History at Stockholm (1906–08), and became director of the ethnographic division of the Göteborg Museum (1913). He made journeys of discovery in Patagonia (1899), in Argentina and Bolivia (1901–02), in Peru and Bolivia (1904–05), in Bolivia (1908–09), and in 1913 in the interior of South America. From these journeys he brought home large collections to Göteborg where he was head of the Ethnographical Museum.
In 1912 he was awarded the Loubat Prize and the Wahlberg gold medal.
Besides numerous articles in scientific periodicals, Nordenskiöld published: Från högfjäll och urskogar (1902), Indianlif i El Gran Chaco (1910; German translation, 1912), Indianer och hvita (1911), and Sydamerikas indianer (1912).
From Wikipedia. For the Swedish-language version, click here; and for the Finnish, click here.
He was born in Stockholm, the son of N.A.E. Nordenskiöld. He was educated at Uppsala, was connected with the Museum of Natural History at Stockholm (1906–08), and became director of the ethnographic division of the Göteborg Museum (1913). He made journeys of discovery in Patagonia (1899), in Argentina and Bolivia (1901–02), in Peru and Bolivia (1904–05), in Bolivia (1908–09), and in 1913 in the interior of South America. From these journeys he brought home large collections to Göteborg where he was head of the Ethnographical Museum.
In 1912 he was awarded the Loubat Prize and the Wahlberg gold medal.
Besides numerous articles in scientific periodicals, Nordenskiöld published: Från högfjäll och urskogar (1902), Indianlif i El Gran Chaco (1910; German translation, 1912), Indianer och hvita (1911), and Sydamerikas indianer (1912).
From Wikipedia. For the Swedish-language version, click here; and for the Finnish, click here.
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