Johannes Bøe (January 17, 1891 – February 1, 1971) was a Norwegian archaeologist.

Biography

Johannes Bøe was born in

Ringsaker Ringsaker () is a List of municipalities of Norway, municipality in Innlandet county, Norway. It is located in the Traditional districts of Norway, traditional district of Hedmarken. The administrative centre of the municipality is the town of Br ...

Hedmark Hedmark () was a Counties of Norway, county in Norway from 1 January 1919 to 31 December 2019, bordering Trøndelag to the north, Oppland to the west, Akershus to the south, and Sweden to the east. The county administration is in Hamar. Hedmar ...

, Norway. He was the son of John O. Bøe (1851–1910) and Marie Nilsdatter Bjerke (1859–1953). His father was a farmer at the Ottersrud farm. He studied at the University of Kristiania (now

University of Oslo The University of Oslo (; ) is a public university, public research university located in Oslo, Norway. It is the List of oldest universities in continuous operation#Europe, oldest university in Norway. Originally named the Royal Frederick Univ ...

). In 1921, Bøe received his '' candidatus philologiæ'' degree with the thesis ''Norske guldfund fra folkevandringstiden'' (Norwegian Gold Finds from the Migration Period). In 1931 he received his

doctorate A doctorate (from Latin ''doctor'', meaning "teacher") or doctoral degree is a postgraduate academic degree awarded by universities and some other educational institutions, derived from the ancient formalism '' licentia docendi'' ("licence to teach ...

with the dissertation ''Jernalderens keramikk i Norge'' (Iron Age Ceramics in Norway). In 1921 he was appointed a researcher at the University Museum of Bergen, and he was later a research professor at the same institution. In 1946, he became a faculty dean at the

University of Bergen The University of Bergen () is a public university, public research university in Bergen, Norway. As of 2021, the university had over 4,000 employees and 19,000 students. It was established by an act of parliament in 1946 consolidating several sci ...

. Bøe was distinguished by his exceptionally rich scholarly production, ranging from the early

Stone Age The Stone Age was a broad prehistory, prehistoric period during which Rock (geology), stone was widely used to make stone tools with an edge, a point, or a percussion surface. The period lasted for roughly 3.4 million years and ended b ...

to the

Iron Age The Iron Age () is the final epoch of the three historical Metal Ages, after the Chalcolithic and Bronze Age. It has also been considered as the final age of the three-age division starting with prehistory (before recorded history) and progre ...

. His best-known work, alongside his doctoral dissertation, is ''Le Finmarkien: Les origines de la civilisation dans l'extreme-nord de l'Europe'' (Finnmark: The Origins of Civilization in the Far North of Europe), which he coauthored with Anders Nummedal and in which they established the

Komsa culture The Komsa culture () was a Mesolithic culture of hunter-gatherers that existed from around 10,000 BC in Northern Norway. The culture is named after Mount Komsa in the present-day Alta Municipality in Finnmark county, where the remains of the cu ...

as having its own status in the Norwegian Stone Age.

Personal life

Bøe married Dagny Godager (1896–1982) in 1920 and was the father of the art historian Alf Bøe (1927–2010).

Awards and recognitions

* Fridtjof Nansen Prize for Outstanding Research, 1932, for his work on Iron Age pottery in Norway *Bøe was appointed a knight of the

Order of St. Olav The Royal Norwegian Order of Saint Olav (; or ''Sanct Olafs Orden'', the old Norwegian name) is a Norwegian order of chivalry instituted by King Oscar I on 21 August 1847. It is named after King Olav II, known to posterity as St. Olav. Just be ...

in 1947, and a commander in 1961.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Boe, Johannes 1891 births 1971 deaths Directors of museums in Norway People from Ringsaker 20th-century Norwegian archaeologists University of Oslo alumni Academic staff of the University of Bergen Recipients of the St. Olav's Medal