Find an expert: researchers in the Danish National Archives

Annette Østergaard Schultz

The modernisation of Greenland, with particular emphasis on East Greenland, Denmark and Southern Jutland during the First World War, and the history of foster families from 1700 to 1900 are the central themes of senior researcher Annette Østergaard Schultz’s research.

Asbjørn Romvig Thomsen

Social history in Danish rural communities in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries is the focus of Asbjørn Romvig Thomsen, a senior researcher at Rigsarkivet.

Barbara Revuelta-Eugercios

Senior Researcher Bárbara A. Revuelta-Eugercios focuses particularly on research infrastructures and historical life courses, as well as on the interplay between social structures and individual agency.

Camilla Madsen

PhD Fellow Camilla Madsen researches the history of foster care in Denmark, with a particular focus on the interplay between public authorities, private institutions and families.

Christian Larsen

Senior researcher Christian Larsen’s scholarly work focuses primarily upon the development of the history of education in Denmark and public administration from 1800 to the present, with a particular focus on the Danish Folkeskole (municipal primary and lower-secondary school).

Hans Schultz Hansen

The history of Southern Jutland (Sønderjylland) and the Danish-German border region, with particular emphasis on the German occupation and the post-war period, forms the core of Hans Schultz Hansen’s research. He is Head of Research at the Danish National Archives (Rigsarkivet).

Henrik Knudsen

Senior Researcher Henrik Knudsen focuses on the history of Greenland, particularly its role during the Cold War, the significance of natural-resource extraction, and the history of nuclear power.

Jørgen Mikkelsen

Senior Researcher Jørgen Mikkelsen’s research centres on the development of Danish towns before industrialisation, public authorities and the history of crime.

Kenn Tarbensen

Business and economic history and financial crime are the principal areas of research pursued by Senior Researcher Kenn Tarbensen.

Mette Fransiska Margaretha Seidelin

Historian, PhD, Mette Seidelin’s research focuses on Danish-Greenlandic relations with particular emphasis on contraceptive practices, as well as on family violence, social history, and the impact of digitalisation on archival records and institutional perceptions of citizens in a Danish context.

Michael Nobel Hviid

Researcher Michael Nobel Hviid specialises in the period between 1500 and 1800, with a particular focus on disaster management, relations between the King, the nobility and the Church, and the history of Southern Jutland.

Niklas Thode-Jensen

Senior Researcher Niklas Thode -Jensen specialises in colonial history and the history of science, medicine and environment, particularly in the Danish context.

Per Seesko-Tønnesen

Senior Researcher Per Seesko-Tønnesen’s research centres on the late Middle Ages and the Early Modern Period, with a particular focus on interactions between the nobility, the parish church and local communities, as well as the history of archives.

Peter Fransen

Senior Researcher Peter Fransen specialises in the history of imprisonment and Danish prison history, with a focus on prison management, prisoners’ living conditions between 1950 and 1990 and Danish social and economic history.

Steen Andersen

Senior Researcher Steen Andersen works on the German occupation of Denmark and modern political and military history, with a particular focus on the Cold War.

Thomas Clausen

Senior Researcher Thomas Clausen conducts research in Danish and international history of education, focusing on higher education, state-funded student support schemes and the central government administration of tertiary education.