Hjalmar Stolpe


Knut Hjalmar Stolpe, was a Swedish entomologist, archaeologist, and ethnographer. He was born in Gävle, and is best known for his meticulous archaeological excavations at the Viking-age site Birka. One of the graves he documented there, Bj 581, has been further analysed to be the grave of a female Viking warrior. In 1883–1885 he took part in the Vanadis expedition.

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