Axel Seeberg

Axel Seeberg (11 February 1931 – 6 February 2011) was a Norwegian archaeologist. He was a professor of classical archaeology at the University of Oslo. ^[1]

Axel Seeberg. 1966

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.^[2]

Seeberg was also a translator who translated works by P.G. Wodehouse.^[3] He was a fellow of the Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters from 1982.^[4] He resided at Bestum where he died in 2011 at nearly 80 years old.^[2]