Anders Hagen


Anders Hagen was a Norwegian archaeologist. Anders Hagen was most associated with the study of Norwegian archaeology and cultural heritage.

Biography

He was born in Vang, in Hedmark county, Norway. He finished his secondary education in Hamar in 1941. He enrolled in archaeology at the University of Oslo, and graduated with the mag.art. degree in 1945. In 1946 he married Sigrid Hjelmaas. He worked as a conservator at the University of Oslo.
In 1953 he published his thesis, Studier i jernalderens gårdssamfunn, which earned him the dr.philos. degree in 1954. In 1961 he was appointed as Professor of Scandinavian Archaeology, University of Bergen. He also managed the department of cultural history at Bergen Museum. Under Hagen's leadership, the Historical Museum at the University of Bergen strongly developed both as an educational institution and museum. From 1977 to 1980 he was the dean of the Faculty of Humanities. He retired as a professor and manager, continuing as senior researcher until 1991.
Hagen published a large body of work, with research of considerable depth. He researched mainly Norwegian settlement history of the Stone Age and Bronze Age. Among his more notable works was Historiens røtter, released in 1982 as volume one of Cappelens verdenshistorie.
Hagen also served as leader of the Norwegian Society for the Conservation of Nature from 1963 to 1969 and Statens naturvernråd from 1970 to 1972. He was a member of Statens naturvernråd from 1967 to 1977 and Statens kulturminneråd from 1979 to 1996. He was decorated as a Knight First Class Royal Norwegian Order of St. Olav in 1989. He died in July 2005 in Bergen.

Selected works