Sverre Marstrander (24 October 1910 – 20 September 1986) was a Norwegian professor in archaeology. Marstrander was born in

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. He earned his

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at the University of Oslo in 1937. He worked with the

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(1948–1968). Marstrander became a professor in Nordic archaeology at the

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in 1968. In that same year he was appointed as the manager of the University of Oslo Museum of National Antiquities (''Oldsaksamlingen'') and was in the position until 1980. His most important studies were in the research of Norwegian Bronze Age

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, which showed in his dr.philos. dissertation from 1963; ''Østfolds jordbruksristninger''.

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1910 births 1986 deaths University of Oslo alumni University of Oslo faculty Archaeologists from Oslo Writers on Germanic paganism 20th-century archaeologists {{archaeologist-stub