Erla Karine Bergendahl Hohler (20 November 1937 – 9 June 2019) was a Norwegian archaeologist, museum curator, and art historian.

Career

Hohler graduated from the

University of Oslo The University of Oslo ( no, Universitetet i Oslo; la, Universitas Osloensis) is a public research university located in Oslo, Norway. It is the highest ranked and oldest university in Norway. It is consistently ranked among the top universit ...

before attending the

Courtauld Institute The Courtauld Institute of Art (), commonly referred to as The Courtauld, is a self-governing college of the University of London specialising in the study of the history of art and conservation. It is among the most prestigious specialist coll ...

in London. In 1975 she was assistant professor at the Institute of Art History at the University of Oslo. In 1987 she became Keeper of the Medieval Department at the University Museum of National Antiquities. In 1993 she became Professor of the Department of Archaeology, Art History and Numismatics before, in 1994, moving to the

University of Tromsø The University of Tromsø – The Arctic University of Norway (Norwegian: ''Universitetet i Tromsø – Norges arktiske universitet''; Northern Sami: ''Romssa universitehta – Norgga árktalaš universitehta'') is a state university in Norway an ...

as Professor of Art History. Hohler was elected a Fellow of the Society of Antiquaries of London in January 1991 and a member of the

Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters The Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters ( no, Det Norske Videnskaps-Akademi, DNVA) is a learned society based in Oslo, Norway. Its purpose is to support the advancement of science and scholarship in Norway. History The Royal Frederick Univer ...

in 1994.

Select publications

*Hohler, E. B. 1981. "The Sogn-Valdres Design", in Borg, A. and Martindale, A. (eds) ''The Vanishing Past: Studies of Medieval Art, Liturgy and Metrology presented to Christopher Hohler'' (BAR International Series 111). Oxford, British Archaeological Report: 63-88. *Hohler, E. B. 1989. ''Norwegian Stave Church Carving''. *Hohler, E. B. 1999. ''Norwegian Stave Church Sculpture''. *Hohler, E. B., Morgan, N. J., and Wichstrøm, A. 2004. ''Painted altar frontals of Norway, 1250-1350''. *Hohler, E. B. 2008. "The Re-engraved Matrix: Bishop versus Chapter in Nidaros around 1300", in Adams, N., Cheery, J., and Robinson, J. (eds) ''Good Impressions. Image and Authority in Medieval Seals.'' London: 77-80.

References

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