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Berit Wallenberg (Anna Berit Wallenberg) was born on 19 February, 1902 in Stockholm, Sweden, is a Swedish anthropologist, archaeologist, photographer, philanthropist. Discover Berit Wallenberg's Biography, Age, Height, Physical Stats, Dating/Affairs, Family and career updates. Learn How rich is she in this year and how she spends money? Also learn how she earned most of networth at the age of 93 years old?

Popular As Anna Berit Wallenberg
Occupation Archaeologist, anthropologist, photographer, art historian
Age 93 years old
Zodiac Sign Aquarius
Born 19 February 1902
Birthday 19 February
Birthplace Stockholm, Sweden
Date of death 4 September, 1995
Died Place Ekerö, Sweden
Nationality Sweden

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1872

She was the daughter of Oscar Wallenberg (1872–1939), and his wife Beatrice, née Keiller.

She was the granddaughter of André Oscar Wallenberg, who founded the Stockholms Enskilda Bank.

She was the cousin of Raoul Wallenberg's father Raoul Oscar Wallenberg.

Her father was a naval officer, and a businessman.

Her mother, Beatrice Keiller was the daughter of the factory owner, manufacturer, and wholesale merchant Alexander Keiller Jr., from Gothenburg.

Berit Wallenberg had a brother, Carol, with whom she was brought up in, a region where lived the numerous individuals who were dynamic in business, and the social elites additionally lived.

The family also lived in Särö for a brief time, where her mother had grown up.

They also lived in Lovön, Drottningholm, in a summer cottage they owned.

1902

Anna Berit Wallenberg (19 February 1902 – 4 September 1995) was a Swedish archaeologist, anthropologist, art historian, photographer, and philanthropist.

She established a research foundation, the Berit Wallenberg Foundation, that awards funds to these areas.

Since its establishment, it has been providing support to cultural heritage institutions, art historians, and archaeologists.

Berit Wallenberg was born on 19 February 1902, in Skeppsholm parish, Stockholm.

1922

In 1922, at the age of 20, she decided to become an art historian, thus learned Latin to get herself into high school, against her parents' wishes.

However, her father supported and admired her academic life and career when she got into university.

1924

In 1924, she participated in the bronze-age excavation of Laholm.

1925

In 1925, she graduated from the, a former private girls' school in Stockholm.

Later that year, she attended Stockholm University.

Her focuses of study were on archaeology and art history of classical Northern Europe, Cyprus, and China.

She also studied ethnology.

She specialized in the medieval frescoes of Finland, Denmark, and Sweden, within art history.

1926

Later on, she participated in the 1926 excavation of the heathen temple of Gamla Uppsala.

1927

From 1927 - 1930, she participated in four excavations that took place at the Alvastra convent church, and at the Vendel church.

During the Alvastra excavation, she got acquainted with archaeologist Greta Arwidsson.

The long-sought graves of the Sverker family were discovered by her during the 1927 excavation.

1931

As a part of her advanced program in archaeological history, she finished her licentiate degree in 1931 on the subject of the Bronze Age period, even though she held up until the following year to get her Bachelor's certificate.

That year she went to the Swedish Institute in Rome and while she was in Italy, she got a diploma from the Byzantine Institute in Ravenna.

1935

The restoration of the Lovö church began in 1935, and Wallenberg continued to be involved.

Her involvement and participation were noticed and authorized by Sigurd Curman, who was the head of the National Heritage Board.

She was chosen for that board, becoming the first Swedish woman to do so, and her commitments and contributions seemed to have far surpassed what the position required.

1936

In 1936, she became the first Swedish woman to be appointed as a supervisor for the national heritage committee, responsible for the restoration of the.

Berit Wallenberg became the only woman to receive an honorary doctorate from the Stockholm University.

Her career was devoted to various forms of research, local history, and the preservation of monuments.

Scientific knowledge, Christian beliefs, and local historical work, especially around Drottningholm Island and Lovå, became the most significant aspects of her life.

Throughout her career, she participated in numerous archaeological excavations.

The self-portrait of one of the most famous late medieval Swedish painters, Albertus Pictor, was found by Wallenberg in Lids Church during an excavation.

She photographed significant places and monuments, which have been used in several historic and archaeological types of research.

Her photographs constitute culturally and historically valuable time documentation.

1942

In 1942, Wallenberg became a philosophy licentiate in art history and archeology at Stockholm University, where she studied art history.

During her student years, Wallenberg participated in several excavations.

1980

Her collection of approximately 25,000 photographs were handed over as a gift to the Swedish National Heritage Board's archives in the early 1980s with the hope that it would be preserved for future research.