Signe Horn Fuglesang (born 1938) is a
Norwegian
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art historian
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and Professor Emerita at the
University of Oslo
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, best known for her published research and writings on
Viking art
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.
She is a fellow of the
Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters
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History
The Royal Frederick Unive ...
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Bibliography
*Fuglesang, S.H. (1980). ''Some Aspects of the Ringerike Style: A Phase of 11th Century Scandinavian Art'',
ediaeval Scandinavia Supplements University Press of Southern Denmark: Odense, 1980.
*Fuglesang, S.H. (2013). "Copying and Creativity in Early Viking Ornament", in Reynolds, A. and
Webster, L. (eds) (2013), ''Early Medieval Art and Archaeology in the Northern World—Studies in Honour of