Annika Larsson, Fil. Dr (Ups.), Researcher, Dept. of Archaeology, University of
Stockholm, Sweden.
Thomas Lindkvist, Fil. Dr (Ups.), Professor in Medieval History, Dept. of History,
University of Gothenberg, Sweden.
John Ljungkvist, Fil. Dr (Ups.), Researcher, Dept. of Archaeology and Ancient
History, Uppsala University, Sweden.
Lars Lönnroth, Fil. Dr (Stockholm), Professor Emeritus in Literature, Dept. of
Literature, University of Gothenberg, Sweden.
Niels Lund, Dr Phil. (Cop.), Professor in History, Saxo Institute, University of
Copenhagen, Denmark.
Egil Mikkelsen, Dr Phil. (Oslo), Professor in Scandinavian Archaeology and Museum
Director, Museum of Cultural History, University of Oslo, Norway.
Stephen Mitchell, PhD (Minnesota), Professor of Scandinavian and Folklore, Dept. of
Germanic Languages and Literatures, Curator of the Milman Parry Collection of Oral
Literature, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA, USA.
J.E. Montgomery, PhD (Glasgow), Professor of Classical Arabic, Faculty of Asian
and Middle East Studies, University of Cambridge; Fellow of Trinity Hall,
Cambridge, England.
Jens N. Nielsen, Curator, Aalborg Historiske Museum, Denmark.
Guðrún Nordal, D. Phil. (Oxon), Professor in Icelandic, Faculty of Humanities,
Háskóli Íslands, Reykjavík, Iceland.
Donnchadh Ó Corráin, Dr Litt., Professor of Medieval History, Dept. of History,
University College Cork, Ireland.
Anne Pedersen, PhD (Aarh.), Senior Researcher, The National Museum, Copenhagen,
Denmark.
Neil Price, Fil. Dr (Ups.), Professor of Archaeology, Dept. of Archaeology, University
of Aberdeen, Scotland; Docent in Archaeology, Dept. of Archaeology and Ancient
History, Uppsala University, Sweden.
Catharina Raudvere, Fil. Dr (Lund), Professor of History of Religions, Dept. of Cross-
Cultural and Regional Studies, University of Copenhagen, Denmark.
Mark Redknap, PhD (London), Curator of Medieval and Later Archaeology, Dept. of
Archaeology & Numismatics, Amueddfa Cymru–National Museum, Cardiff, Wales.
Jean Renaud, Dr (Sorbonne), Professor of Scandinavian Languages, Literature and
Civilization, Dépt. d’études nordiques, University of Caen, France.
Julian D. Richards, PhD, Professor of Archaeology, Dept. of Archaeology, University
of York, England.
Else Roesdahl, Cand. art., Litt. D. h.c. (Dublin), Professor in Medieval Archaeology,
Dept. of Medieval and Renaissance Archaeology, University of Aarhus, Denmark.
Jonas Ros, Fil. Dr (Ups.), Field Archaeologist, Societas Archaeologica Upsaliensis,
Uppsala, Sweden.
Jens Peter Schjødt, Dr Phil. (Aarh.), Professor of History of Religions, Dept. of the
Study of Religion, University of Aarhus, Denmark.
Jonathan Shepard, D. Phil. (Oxon.), D. Litt. h.c. (Sofia), Independent Researcher,
Oxford (former Lecturer in History, University of Cambridge), England.
Søren Michael Sindbœk, PhD (Aarh.), Assistant Professor, Dept. of Medieval and
Renaissance Archaeology, Chairman of the Centre of Viking and Medieval Studies,
University of Aarhus, Denmark.
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