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Alexander Bugge (30 December 1870, Oslo – 24 December 1929, Copenhagen) was a Norwegians historian. Alexander Bugge biography from Nordisk familjebok He was professor at the Royal Frederick University from 1903–1912, and his main fields of interest were culture and society in the Viking Age and the development of trade and cities in Norway during the Middle Ages.
Bugge won an essay competition sponsored by the Nansen Foundation in 1903 on the question "How or to which extend have the Norse, and particularly the Norwegians, culture, way of living and society been influenced from the Western Countries i.e.". During his work with this he learned the Irish language and did extensive studies of archives in Dublin and London.
Bugge succeeded Gustav Storm as professor of history at the Royal Frederick University in the summer of 1903. He published numerous scientific articles, his main sources being the early development of Norwegian cities and trade as well the cultural relations in the time of the . He also edited and translated into English the complex Irish tract Caithréim Chellacháin Chaisil ( The Victorious Career of Cellachán of Cashel), published in 1905. In addition to these scholarly works, he also contributed several popularly adapted works on history, such as his two volume work Vikingerne ("The Vikings") from 1905–06 and part of Aschehoug's Norges historie ("History of Norway"), published 1910–12 concerning the time before the Battle of Stiklestad in 1030.
Despite recognition as an excellent scholar and popular author, Bugge was not comfortable with his work as professor. According to Halvdan Koht, "being a teacher cost him Bugge unspeakable hardships... ...in the end making him sick"Full quote in Norwegian: "Det kosta han eit useieleg strev å vere lærar, han kunde ikkje sleppe seg laus og gje seg fritt og friskt inn i arbeide med studentane, katetre vart beint fram ein redsel for han, så han til slutt vart reint sjuk" According to Claus Krag, he also in suffered periods of serious problems related to alcohol. Bugge resigned his professorship in 1912.
He remained a scholar and writer, giving lectures and publishing popular works on Norwegian history. Among other works, he published Illustreret verdenshistorie for hjemmet ("Illustrated World History for the Home"), in 9 volumes with more than 4000 pages, in the period 1920–29.
Bugge was killed in an accident in Copenhagen on Christmas Eve 1929, at the age of 59 years.
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