Olaf Klose


Olaf Klose was a German art historian and librarian.

Life and career

Born in Bad Doberan, Klose studied History, art history and North Germanic languages. In 1929 with the work Die Familienverhältnisse auf Island. Vor der Bekehrung zum Christentum auf Grund der Islendingasögur presented at the University of Leipzig he was awarded the title of Dr. phil. Doctorate promoted. He then worked in libraries in Kiel, Berlin, Marburg and Copenhagen.
From 1949 to 1970 he was director of the in Kiel. He was also secretary of the "Society for Schleswig-Holstein History" and as successor of publisher of the .
Klose died at the age of 84.

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