Helge Ingstad

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Helge Ingstad was a Norwegian explorer and archaeologist best known for co-discovering the remains of a Viking settlement at L’Anse aux Meadows in Newfoundland, confirming Norse presence in North America around the year 1000.

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Anne Stine Ingstad 1
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Predicate Object
instanceOf archaeologist
explorer
human
awardReceived Royal Norwegian Order of St. Olav NERFINISHED
burialPlace Oslo, Norway NERFINISHED
coDiscovererOf L’Anse aux Meadows archaeological site NERFINISHED
collaboratedWith Anne Stine Ingstad NERFINISHED
countryOfCitizenship Norway
dateOfBirth 1899-12-30
dateOfDeath 2001-03-29
educatedAs lawyer
explored Canadian Arctic NERFINISHED
East Greenland NERFINISHED
Newfoundland NERFINISHED
Svalbard NERFINISHED
familyName Ingstad NERFINISHED
fieldOfWork archaeology
ethnography
exploration
gender male
genre exploration narrative
travel literature
givenName Helge NERFINISHED
hasResidence Oslo, Norway NERFINISHED
knownFor co-discovery of Viking settlement at L’Anse aux Meadows
research on Norse presence in North America
languageOfWorkOrName Norwegian
name Helge Marcus Ingstad NERFINISHED
nationality Norwegian
notableWork Nunamiut – blant Alaskas innlandseskimoer NERFINISHED
Pelsjegerliv (The Land of Feast and Famine) NERFINISHED
Vesterveg til Vinland (Westward to Vinland) NERFINISHED
Øst for den store bre (East of the Great Glacier) NERFINISHED
occupation archaeologist
author
explorer
governor
lawyer
trapper
placeOfBirth Meråker, Norway NERFINISHED
placeOfDeath Oslo, Norway NERFINISHED
positionHeld Governor of Erik the Red’s Land (East Greenland) for Norway
Sysselmann (Governor) of Svalbard NERFINISHED
significantEvent Identification of Norse settlement at L’Anse aux Meadows around 1960
spouse Anne Stine Ingstad NERFINISHED

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L’Anse aux Meadows National Historic Site discoveredBy Helge Ingstad
this entity surface form: Anne Stine Ingstad