Axel Seeberg

{{Short description|Norwegian archaeologist}}

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Axel Seeberg (11 February 1931 – 6 February 2011) was a Norwegian archaeologist. He was a professor of classical archaeology at the University of Oslo.

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Biography

Seeberg was born in Oslo, Norway. He attended upper secondary school at Ullern and graduated with a degree in art.

After finishing his secondary education in 1949, he studied classical archaeology in Oslo, as well as the 1952-53 semester at University College London under T.B.L. Webster (1905–74). After graduating, Seeberg worked at the University of Oslo from 1956. From 1974 to 2001 he served as a professor of classical archaeology.{{cite news|title=Axel Seeberg|date=16 February 2011|work=Aftenposten|language=Norwegian}}

Seeberg was also a translator who translated works by P.G. Wodehouse.{{cite web|url=https://digitaltmuseum.no/021015465401/arkeolog-axel-seeberg|title=Arkeolog Axel Seeberg|publisher=Oslo City Museum|language=Norwegian|access-date=26 April 2017}} He was a fellow of the Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters from 1982.{{cite news|url=http://www.dnva.no/c26848/artikkel/vis.html?tid=27638 |title=Gruppe 2: Kulturfag og estetiske fag |publisher=Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters |access-date=22 July 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110927170401/http://www.dnva.no/c26848/artikkel/vis.html?tid=27638 |archive-date=27 September 2011 |url-status=dead }} He resided at Bestum where he died in 2011 at nearly 80 years old.

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