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.

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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.

Annette Østergaard Schultz

Archivist

Senior Researcher

Areas of research

  • A contribution on the period 1842-1867 to the history of Vejle County Municipality
  • A contribution about grain to Norway – to “1807”, North Jutland during the English Wars
  • Adoptive and foster children in Denmark, 1750-2000

Read more about Annette Østergaard Schultz on the research portal PURE

Asbjørn Romvig Thomsen

Archivist

Senior Researcher, PhD

Areas of research

  • Social history 1700-1900
  • Rural history 1700-1900
  • Historical social mobility
  • Illegitimate children

Read more about Asbjørn Romvig Thomsen on the research portal PURE

Asger Svane-Knudsen

Senior Adviser

MA

Areas of research

  • Denmark-Norway tropical colonies in Southeast Asia 1620-1845
  • Danish history 1600s and 1700s
  • The administration of foreigners in the 20th century
  • The intersection between conservation and archives

Read more about Asger Svane-Knudsen on the research portal PURE

Bárbara Ana Revuelta-Eugercios

Archivist

PhD

Areas of research

  • Social history, 1800s and 1900s
  • Historical demographics
  • Censuses
  • Disease and mortality
  • Infant mortality
  • Fertility
  • Illegitimate children
  • Historical methods

Read more about Bárbara Ana Revuelta-Eugercios on the PURE research portal

Christian Larsen

Archivist

Senior Researcher, PhD

Areas of research

  • Educational history in the 18th-20th centuries
  • Church history 18th-19th centuries
  • Public management history

Read more about Christian Larsen on the research portal PURE

Hans Schultz Hansen

Head of Research

Associate Professor, dr.phil.

Areas of research

History of Southern Jutland and Schleswig-Holstein in the 19th and 20th centuries, especially the Danish and Schleswig-Holstein nationalist movement in the 19th century, H.P. Hanssen, the national struggle for land resources, the national minorities and the South Jutland business community.

Read more about Hans Schultz Hansen on the research portal PURE

Henrik Knudsen

Archivist

Senior Researcher, PhD

Areas of research

  • Science, technology and culture in the 20th century
  • Universities and business in the 20th century
  • International and transnational scientific cooperation
  • Nuclear power and the history of other nuclear technologies
  • The scientific exploration of Greenland during the Cold War, with a focus on Danish and American cooperation

Read more about Henrik Knudsen on the research portal PURE

Jørgen Mikkelsen

Archivist

Senior Researcher, PhD

Areas of research

Main research area is pre-1850 (approx.) Danish and European urban history .

Other research areas include various aspects of Danish legal, criminal, administration, social, medicine, education, military, migration and agricultural history.

Read more about Jørgen Mikkelsen on the research portal PURE

Kenn Tarbensen

Archivist

Senior Researcher, PhD

Areas of research

  • Danish history 1750-2000
  • Danish business history in the 1900s in an international perspective
  • Foreign investments in Danish business

Read more about Kenn Tarbensen on the research portal PURE

Leif Hansen Nielsen

Archivist

Senior Researcher, PhD

Areas of research

History of Southern Jutland in the 19th and 20th centuries, with special emphasis on administrative, economic and demographic matters. Special topics include industrial history as well as emigration history.

Read more about Leif Hansen Nielsen on the research portal PURE

Mette Fransiska M. Seidelin

Archivist

Senior Researcher, PhD

Areas of research 1870-1970

  • History of sexuality (incest)
  • Gender history
  • Childhood history
  • History of family life
  • History of law and crime

Read more about Mette Fransiska M. Seidelin on the research portal PURE

Michael Dupont

Chief Assistant

MA

Areas of research

  • Urban history (16th century)
  • Rural history (18th century)
  • Palaeography, heraldry, passporting (1800s)
  • The Danish Topographical Tradition (1100-1860)
  • The Plague in Denmark (1350-1711)

Read more about Michael Dupont on the research portal PURE

Niklas Thode Jensen

Archivist

Senior Researcher, PhD

Areas of research

  • Pollution, disease and health in Copenhagen, 1800-2000
  • Colonial history, Danish colonies in the West Indies and India, 1700s and 1800s
  • History of medicine and natural science, 1700s and 1800s

Read more about Niklas Thode Jensen on the research portal PURE

Per Seesko

Archivist

Researcher

Areas of research

  • Church history in the 1500s and 1600s
  • The history of the Danish nobility in the 1500s and 1600s
  • Connections between manor house and parish in the 1500s and 1600s

Read more about Per Seesko on the research portal PURE

Peter Fransen

Archivist

Senior Researcher, PhD

Areas of research

  • Danish economic and social history in the 19th and 20th centuries
  • Penalty enforcement in the 20th century

Read more about Peter Fransen on the research portal PURE

Steen Andersen

Archivist

Senior Researcher, PhD

Areas of research

  • Danish history in the 20th century
  • Denmark and the Great Powers 1900-1920
  • Business history and societal development 1850-2015
  • Occupation period 1940-1945
  • Economic history

Read more about Steen Andersen on the research portal PURE

Tyge Krogh

Archivist

Senior Researcher, dr. phil.

Areas of research

  • Cultural history of the 1700s
  • Marginalised groups in the 1700s
  • Philanthropic work and international relief work in the 19th and 20th centuries

Read more about Tyge Krogh on the research portal PURE

Research topics

1972 EC referendum, Southern Jutland

Peter Fransen

Accounting history

Kenn Tarbensen

Adopted and foster children

Annette Østergaard Schultz

Air pollution and health in Copenhagen, 1800-2000

Niklas Thode Jensen

Australia

Lif Lund Jacobsen

Business history, Danish after 1850

Kenn Tarbensen

Business history and societal development 1850-2015

Steen Andersen

Business history, Southern Jutland

Hans Schultz Hansen

Leif Hansen Nielsen

Censuses

Jørgen Mikkelsen

Childhood history

Mette Seidelin

Church history, 1700s to 1900s

Christian Larsen

Church history, 1500s and 1600s

Per Seesko

Colonial history, 1600-1900

Niklas Thode Jensen

Confiscation of German and Japanese property after the Liberation

Peter Birkelund

Connections between manor house and parish in the 1500s and 1600s

Per Seesko

Crime

Peter Fransen

Tyge Krogh

Mette Seidelin

Crisis management, 1914-21

Annette Østergaard Schultz

Cultural history, 1700s

Tyge Krogh

The Danish colonies in India

Niklas Thode Jensen

The Danish Halle Mission

Niklas Thode Jensen

Danish history in the 20th century

Steen Andersen

The Danish Resistance

Peter Birkelund

Denmark and the Great Powers 1900-1920

Steen Andersen

Domestic disputes

Mette Seidelin

Disability history

Christian Larsen

East Indies, Danish

Jørgen Mikkelsen

Economic history

Steen Andersen

Environmental history

Lif Lund Jacobsen

Erik Scavenius, Minister of Foreign Affairs and Prime Minister

Steen Andersen

Executions, 1700s

Tyge Krogh

First World War

Annette Østergaard Schultz

Hans Schultz Hansen

Fishing history

Lif Lund Jacobsen

Foreign investment

Kenn Tarbensen

The Galathea expeditions

Lif Lund Jacobsen

Genealogy, sources of

Michael Dupont

German seizure of Danish property, 1940-45

Peter Birkelund

Greenland, scientific exploration during the Cold War

Henrik Knudsen

Greenland, post-1900

Lif Lund Jacobsen

Hanssen, H.P.

Hans Schultz Hansen

Health care, 1800s

Jørgen Mikkelsen

History of Danish realskoler (secondary schools)

Christian Larsen

History of education

Christian Larsen

History of medicine, 1700-1800s

Niklas Thode Jensen

History of natural science, 1700s

Niklas Thode Jensen

History of science, post-1900

Lif Lund Jacobsen

History of sexuality

Mette Seidelin

History of Southern Jutland

Peter Fransen

Annette Østergaard Schultz

Hans Schultz Hansen

Leif Hansen Nielsen

The history of the Danish nobility in the 1500s and 1600s

Per Seesko

History of the Danish West Indies

Niklas Thode Jensen

Illegitimate children

Asbjørn Romvig Thomsen

Immigration, primarily before 1940

Jørgen Mikkelsen

Incest

Mette Seidelin

Juvenile delinquents

Peter Fransen

Juvenile prisons

Peter Fransen

Inge Lehmann and seismology

Lif Lund Jacobsen

International and transnational scientific cooperation

Henrik Knudsen

Holger Danske, resistance group

Peter Birkelund

Legal history, 1800s

Jørgen Mikkelsen

Legal history, 1870-1970

Mette Seidelin

Maritime history

Lif Lund Jacobsen

Multinationals

Kenn Tarbensen

North Jutland during the English Wars

Annette Østergaard Schultz

North Schleswig, minority and majority, 1945-1972

Hans Schultz Hansen

Nuclear power and the history of other nuclear technologies

Henrik Knudsen

The occupation period

Peter Birkelund

Steen Andersen

The Political Economy of Forced Labour: Organisation Todt during World War II

Steen Andersen

Prisons, Stokhuset, etc.

Jørgen Mikkelsen

Public management history

Jørgen Mikkelsen

Leif Hansen Nielsen

Annette Østergaard Schultz

Christian Larsen

Refugees, Germans in Southern Jutland

Leif Hansen Nielsen

Rural history, 1700s and 1800s

Asbjørn Romvig Thomsen

Science, technology and culture in the 20th century

Henrik Knudsen

Social history, 1800s and 1900s

Jørgen Mikkelsen

Mette Seidelin

Social history, 1700s and 1800s

Asbjørn Romvig Thomsen

Social mobility, historical

Asbjørn Romvig Thomsen

Technical engineers, post-1950

Peter Fransen

Trade and shipping

Jørgen Mikkelsen

Traffic history

Peter Fransen

Tranquebar

Niklas Thode Jensen

Transitional justice with the collaborationists after the occupation

Steen Andersen

Universities and business in the 20th century

Henrik Knudsen

Urban history, 1500-1870, Danish and European

Jørgen Mikkelsen

Vejle County Municipality, 1842-1970

Annette Østergaard Schultz

Violence against women

Mette Seidelin