Kåre Johannessen (born 1964) is a Danish historian, writer, lecturer and presenter. He is the former

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of the museum of

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and

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, where he worked from 1994 to 1999 and again from 2004 to 2015. Today, he is a self-employed historian. While working at Trelleborg he recreated the Viking game of ''

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'' and injured his knee so badly that he had to use crutches for a time. Johannessen has written several non-fiction books about both the

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and the

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and historical novels. He has hosted a series of programs on the regional TV Øst (a sub-channel of TV 2) about historical locations in

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and he has participated in historical quiz shows such as ''Historiequizzen'' (The History Quiz) on

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. He has also been a historical expert in documentaries and series. He is very interested in the

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and has founded a

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group that portrays a group of German soldiers on the Western Front.

Bibliography

Johannessen has written both fiction and non-fiction and has particularly worked with the Viking Age and Middle Ages. ;Non-fiction * 1993 ''Den hedenske islandske tvekamp'', ( Syddansk Universitet, Center for Historie) * 1997 ''Magi og Heksetro i Nordisk Middelalder'' (

) ISBN 87-984133-8-4 * 1998 ''Den Skæve Pind – Buen som Militærvåben i Middelalderen'' (Middelaldercentret) ISBN 978-87-984-1337-0 * 1998 ''Hor Saa Vide – Seksualiteten i Middelalderen'' (Middelaldercentret) ISBN 87-984133-9-2 * 2001 ''Politikens Bog om Danmarks Vikingetid'' ( Politikens Forlag) ISBN 978-87-567-6456-8 * 2003 ''Blandt Krigere, Søfolk og Trælle – Vikingetid i Danmark'' ( Forlaget Klematis) ISBN 978-87-7905-755-5 * 2004 ''Det Lo De Meget Af – Middelalderens humor'' (Middelaldercentret) * 2004 ''Hvad Mønten Fortæller – en introduktion'' (Middelaldercentret) * 2006 ''Stil og Status – møbler og boligindretning i middelalderens verdslige bygninger'' (Middelaldercentret) ISBN 978-87-990421-4-2 * 2011 ''Blandt Spøgelser, Gengangere og Andet Godtfolk – om det overnaturlige i middelalderen'' (Middelaldercentret) * 2011 ''Guds Dilletanter... og Hvermands – teater i middelalderen'' (Middelaldercentret) * 2014 ''Løgne, misforståelser og halve sandheder. 10 myter om middelalderen'' (Middelaldercentret) * 2014 ''Middelalderens tyske fægtemestre'' (Middelaldercentret) * 2020 ''Magt og Mennesker i Danmarks Middelalder'' ( Turbine Forlaget), ISBN 978-87-406-5851-4 * 2021 ''Lyst og lidenskab i middelalderen'' ( Turbine Forlaget), ISBN 978-87-406-6791-2 * 2021 ''Mørkets Skabninger'' ( Turbine Forlaget), * 2023 ''Fritid og Forlystelser'' ( Turbine Forlaget), ;Articles * 1995 "Den militære udrustning i Bayeux-tapetet", s. 137–168, ''Vaabenhistoriske aarbøger'', bd. 40 * 1996 "Middelalderligt Artilleri…", ''Vaabenhistoriske aarbøger'' 29/4 * 2001 "Naboskab", '' Skalk'', 5:2001 * 2002 "Educational Aspects of Killing…", Viking Heritage Magazine, 4/2002 * 2003 "Blod, sved og latter: et benknusende boldspil genskabes" s.4-10 ''Siden Saxo'' Årg. 20, nr. 1 * 2007 "Instant Justice? A note on the holmgangslaw of Kormaks Saga", ''Zeitschrift für Historisches Waffen-und Kleiderkunde'' ;Fiction * 2008 ''Blodsbånd'' ('' Slægten'', bind 7,

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) ISBN 978-87-112-9279-2 * 2008 ''Vredens Dag'' (''Slægten'', bind 9, Lindhardt & Ringhof) ISBN 978-87-7089-205-6 * 2009 ''Forræderen'' (''Slægten'', bind 12, Lindhardt & Ringhof) ISBN 9788711421574 * 2009 ''Kejserhøgen'' ( Borgens Forlag) ISBN 9788721035563

Filmography

* 2009 '' 12 Paces Without a Head'', German movie * 2010 ''En God Historie'' ( Tv2 øst, documentary) * 2011 ''Historien om en Købstad'' (Tv2 øst, documentary) * 2013 '' Kåres Danmarkshistorie'' (Tv2 øst, documentary) * 2013–2015 '' Historiequizzen'' (

, quiz show) * 2013 ''Kåre kigger på Kunst'' (Tv2 øst, documentary) * 2013 ''Vikingeborgen Trelleborg'' ( dk4, documentary) * 2014 ''I krig for Danmark'' episode 2 og 6 (

, documentary) * 2014 ''Duellen'' (Tv2 øst, quiz show) * 2015 ''Det danske Guld'' (

, documentary) * 2016 ''Guld i Købstæderne'' episode 6 ( DR) * 2016 ''Rejsen til Slagmarken'' (

, documentary with Cecilie Nielsen) * 2018 ''Kåre spidder myter'' (Tv2 East, documentary ) * 2018 '' I krig & kærlighed'' (movie, extra)

References

External links

Official websiteWestfront 1916 – Re enactment groupOfficial website
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