Research and researchers at the Danish National Archives
Research and researchers at the Danish National Archives
The Danish National Archives’ researchers are specialists in their individual fields. Get an overview of research topics and researchers.
The Danish National Archives is a research institution under the Ministry of Culture. One of the responsibilities of the Danish National Archives is to conduct research and spread awareness of the results of that research.
Researchers at the Danish National Archives
The researchers are experts in various fields and are available for guidance. See contact information, research areas, etc. under the individual researcher.
Researchers
Amalie Olga Lyngsted
PhD candidate, MA
Area of research
- History of childhood
- History of welfare
- History of emotions
- Children in foster care
Annette Østergaard Schultz
Archivist, senior scientist
Area of research
- East Greenland during modernization 1950-1979
- Foster children ca. 1770-1920
- World War I (iin particular crisis management)
- Social history in the 19th and 20th centuries
Asbjørn Romvig Thomsen
Archivist, senior scientist, PhD
Area of research
- Social history 1700-1900
- History of agriculture 1700-1900
- Social mobility throughout history
- Illegitimate children
Bárbara Ana Revuelta-Eugercios
Archivist, PhD
Area of research
- Social history, 19th and 20th century
- Historical demography
- Censuses
- Illness and mortality
- Infant mortality
- Fertility
- Illegitimate children
- Historical methods
Find Bárbara Ana Revuelta-Eugercios on the research portal PURE
Christian Larsen
Archivist, senior scientist, PhD
Area of research
- History of schools, upper secondary schools and the educations system in the 19th and 20th century
- History of municipalities and counties
- Danish administrative history
- Digital archives
Hans Schultz Hansen
Head of research, adj. professor, dr.phil.
Areas of research
- History of Southern Jutland and Schleswig-Holstein during the 19th and 20th centuries
- April 9th 1940 (German occupation of Denmark) in Southern Jutland
- The German minority in South Jutland after 1945
- The EU debate in the borderlands during the 1960s
Henrik Knudsen
Senior researcher, PhD
Areas of research
- Science, technology and culture in the 20th century
- Universities and industry in the 20th century
- Mining and natural ressources in Greenland
- History of nuclear power and other nuclear technologies
- Greenland during the Cold War with a focus on Danish-American collaboration
Jørgen Mikkelsen
Archivist and senior scientist, PhD
Areas of research
- Danish and European urban history prior to ca. 1850
- History of Danish law and crime
- Administrative history
- Miscellaneous subject; e.g. medicin, education, military, migration and agricultural history
Kenn Tarbensen
Archivist and senior scientist, PhD
Areas of research
- Danish history 1750-2000
- Danish industrial history in the 20th century with an international perspective
- Foreign investments in Danish industry
Line Hjorth-Moritzsen
PhD candidate, MA
Areas of research
- History of women in the workforce
- Social history, 19th century
- Population databases
- Censuses
- Digital history
- Historical demography
Mette Fransiska M. Seidelin
Archivist and senior scientist, PhD
Areas of research
- Danish-Greenlandic relations 1945-1991 particularly social and medical issues
- Domestic disputes and domestic violence towards women, 1945-1970
- History of digitisation especially cases of placement of children
- Sexual abuse of children and youths within the family ca. 1930-1970
Find Mette Fransiska M. Seidelin on the research portal PURE
Michael Nobel Hviid
Archivist and scientist
Areas of research
- History of Southern Jutland and the duchies 1500-1850.
- Urban and agricultural history 1500-1800. Especially regarding culture, law and social history.
- History of disasters: epidemics, wars and floods 1500-1700.
Niklas Thode Jensen
Archivist and senior scientist, PhD
Areas of research
- The developement of climate policies in the Danish Ministry of Environment ca. 1972-2002
- Pollution, disease and health in Copenhagen, 1800-2000
- Colonial history: Danish colonies in the West Indies and India, 18th and 19th centuries
- History of medicine and natural sciences, 18th and 19th centuries
Per Seesko
Archivist and senior scientist, PhD
Areas of research
- History of archives ca. 1400-1660
- Nobility and manors ca. 1400-1660
- Church and parish history ca. 1400-1660
Peter Fransen
Archivist and senior scientist, PhD
Areas of research
- Danish social and financial history in the 20th and 21st centuries
- Punishment execution in the 20th century
Silvia Goldbaum Tarabini
Scientist, PhD
Areas of research
- Danish-Jewish history in the 20th century
- Denmark and the Holocaust
- Fugitives and exile (1933-1945)
Steen Andersen
Archivist and senior scientist, PhD
Areas of research
- Danish history in the 20th century
- Denmark and the superpowers 1900-1920
- Business history and socieral developement 1850-2015
- German occupation of Denmark 1940-1945
- Financial history
Thomas Clausen
Archivist and senior scientist
Areas of research
- Administrative history 1800-2000
- Financial history
- History of education 1950-
- History of Southern Jutland 1800-1920