Artur Hazelius

Artur Hazelius
Born30 November 1833
Stockholm, Sweden
Died27 May 1901
Occupations
  • teacher
  • scholar
  • folklorist
  • museum director
Known forfounder of the Nordic Museum and the Skansen open-air museum
Artur Hazelius. From Emil Hildebrand, Sveriges historia intill tjugonde seklet (1910)

Artur Immanuel Hazelius (30 November 1833 – 27 May 1901) was a Swedish teacher, scholar, folklorist and museum director. He was the founder of both the Nordic Museum (Nordiska museet) and the Skansen open-air museum in Stockholm.[1][2]

  1. ^ Daniel Alan DeGroff (2012). "Artur Hazelius and the ethnographic display of the Scandinavian peasantry: a study in context and appropriation". European Review of History: Revue Européenne d'Histoire. 19 (2): 229–248. doi:10.1080/13507486.2012.662947. S2CID 143535084.
  2. ^ "About the Nordic Museum". Nordiska museet. Retrieved November 1, 2018.