Agnes Geijer

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

Agnes Geijer
Born	26 October 1898  Uppsala Cathedral Assembly
Died	17 July 1989  (aged 90) Oscar Parish
Resting place	Uppsala old cemetery
Alma mater	Uppsala University
Employer	Swedish National Heritage Board
Parent(s)	Karl Reinhold Geijer

Life

Geijer became the head of the textile conservation atelier Pietas in 1930. She received a doctoral degree from Uppsala University in 1938, and became employed at the Swedish History Museum in 1941. She was active there from 1947 as a textile conservator.[1]

Geijer died in 1989. A foundation in her name awards grants and scholarships to students of the history of textiles from eight Nordic countries.[2]

Works translated into English

• The Conservation of Flags in Sweden, 1957
• A History of Textile Art (revised translated by Roger Tanner), 1979 ISBN 0-85667-055-3
• Oriental Textiles in Sweden, 1951
• Textile Treasures of Uppsala Cathedral: From Eight Centuries, 1964
• The Viminacium Gold Tapestry: A Unique Textile Fragment from Hungary (edited by B. Thomas), 1964
• Studies in Textile History: In Memory of Harold B. Burnham (edited 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 Archived 2016-10-28 at the Wayback Machine, Norden.org, Retrieved 2 October 2016

Further reading

• Agnes Geijer at Svenskt kvinnobiografiskt lexikon