Lili Kaelas
Lili Sanelma Nyström | |
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Born | Lili Sanelma Lüüdik 30 January 1919 Pärnu, Estonia |
Died | 9 December 2007 Örgryte, Gothenburg, Sweden | (aged 88)
Citizenship | Swedish |
Occupation | Archaeologist |
Spouses |
Alexander Kaelas
(m. 1939, divorced) |
Lili Sanelma Nyström (better known as Lili Kaelas; born 1919 in Estonia; died 2007 in Sweden) was a
Life
Lili Kaelas was born on 30 January 1919 in
Subsequently, she got the opportunity to work as a curator at Statens historiska museum, and later along with Axel Bagge, co-authored Die Funde aus Dolmen und Ganggräbern in Schonen, Schweden (The finds from dolmens and passage graves in Skåne, Sweden). In 1957, she was appointed as the curator of the Gothenburg archaeological museum, and in 1968, she became the head of the museum, succeeding Carl-Axel Moberg.[4] In 1983, during her last year of service, she also was the acting director of the Gothenburg Historical Museum.[5] She participated in several Swedish and foreign conferences in archeology, even after her retirement, and in 1995 she arranged an extensive cultural-historical exhibition called Estland - landet mellan öst och väst at Gothenburg City Library.[2]
Lilli Kaelas was married twice, the first was to the lawyer Alexander Kaelas (1911-1964) in 1939. The second was to the governor of the counties of Gothenburg and Bohus, Per Nyström, on 2 November 1974. Lilli Kaelas died on 9 December 2007 in Örgryte, Gothenburg.
Awards and honors
Lilli Kaelas has received several honors and awards for her efforts and service. She received the membership of The Royal Society of Arts and Sciences in Gothenburg (KVVS) in 1974, and that same year she also earned an honorary membership of the Prehistoric Society of Great Britain. In 1981, she received Göteborgs Stads (Gothenburg city’s) merit award, and in 1989, she was awarded the University of Gothenburg's merit medal Pro arte et scientia.[2][6]
Bibliography
- Vem är hon : kvinnor i Sverige, [Biografisk uppslagsbok], huvudredaktör; Kerstin Öhrström, Norstedts, Stockholm 1988. ISBN 91-1-863422-2.
- Grosjean, Alexia (2018). ISBN 978-91-639-7594-3.
- Kaelas, Lili, 'Kvinna i arkeologins högborg: och sedan', Arkeologiska liv., S. 105-122, 1995
- Kaelas, Lili, ’Göteborgs Arkeologiska Museum, en krönika om åren 1957-1983’, Västsvenska arkeologihistorier, 1999
References
- ^ "Lili Kaelas arkiv". Alvin. Retrieved 2021-06-06.
- ^ a b c d "skbl.se - Lili Sanelma Kaelas". skbl.se. Retrieved 2021-06-06.
- ISBN 978-0-900332-37-1.
- ISBN 91-7029-303-1.)
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