Artur Hazelius

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Artur Hazelius was a Swedish teacher and folklorist best known for founding the Nordic Museum and Skansen, pioneering the open-air museum concept to preserve traditional Scandinavian culture.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf folklorist
human
museum founder
burialPlace Stockholm
countryOfCitizenship Sweden
dateOfBirth 1833-11-30
dateOfDeath 1901-05-27
educatedAt Uppsala University
familyName Hazelius
fieldOfWork cultural heritage preservation
ethnography
folklore
founded Nordic Museum
Skansen
givenName Artur
hasOccupationRole promoter of Swedish national identity through museums
hasPartInHisLegacy collection of Swedish folk costumes
collection of traditional Scandinavian buildings
influenced development of open-air museums worldwide
heritage preservation practices in Scandinavia
inspiredBy Scandinavian peasant culture
languageOfWorkOrName Swedish
movement national romanticism
name Artur Hazelius self-link
nativeLanguage Swedish
notableFor pioneering the open-air museum concept
preservation of traditional Scandinavian culture
notableWork founding of Skansen open-air museum
founding of the Nordic Museum
occupation cultural historian
folklorist
museum director
teacher
placeOfBirth Stockholm
Sweden
placeOfDeath Stockholm
Sweden
positionHeld director of the Nordic Museum
religion Lutheranism
sexOrGender male
workLocation Stockholm
Sweden

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Skansen foundedBy Artur Hazelius
Nordic Museum foundedBy Artur Hazelius
Artur Hazelius name Artur Hazelius self-link