Agnes Geijer

Agnes Geijer (26 October 1898 – 17 July 1989) was a Swedish textile historian and archaeologist.

Life

Agnes Geijer became the head of the textile conservation atelier Pietas in 1930. She took a doctoral degree at Uppsala University in 1938, and from 1941 worked at the Swedish History Museum. From 1947 she was active there as textile conservationist.^[1]

Geijer died in 1989. There is a foundation in her name that awards grants and scholarships for students of the history of textiles who come from the five Nordic countries.^[2]

Works translated into English

• The conservation of flags in Sweden / by Agnes Geijer. – 1957
• A history of textile art / Agnes Geijer ; [transl. by Roger Tanner]. – 1979 – [Rev. transl.]. – ISBN 0-85667-055-3
• Oriental textiles in Sweden / by Agnes Geijer. – 1951
• Textile treasures of Uppsala cathedral : from eight centuries / Agnes Geijer. – 1964
• The Viminacium gold tapestry : a unique textile fragment from Hungary / Agnes Geijer and Edit B. Thomas. – 1964. – Meddelanden från Lunds universitets historiska museum. – 0458-4767. ; 1964–1965 s. 223–236
• Studies in textile history : in memory of Harold B. Burnham / ed. by Veronika Gervers. – 1977. – ISBN 0-88854-192-9

References

1. Carlquist, Gunnar; Carlsson, Josef, eds. (1950). Agnes Geijer. 11. Förlagshuset Nordens boktryckeri. pp. 418–419.
2. Agnes Geijer Foundation, Norden.org, Retrieved 2 October 2016