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Isdal Woman

1940 - 1970

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The Isdal Woman (Norwegian: Isdalskvinna, c. 1930–1945 – November 1970) is a placeholder name given to an unidentified woman who was found dead at Isdalen ("The Ice Valley") in Bergen, Norway, on 29 November 1970. Although police at the time ruled a verdict of likely suicide, the nature of the case encouraged speculation and ongoing investigation in the years since. Half a century later, it remains one of the most profound cold case mysteries in Norwegian history. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Isdal Woman is the 15th most popular archaeologist (up from 31st in 2019), the 913th most popular biography from Germany (up from 1,951st in 2019) and the 4th most popular German Archaeologist.

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Among ARCHAEOLOGISTS

Among archaeologists, Isdal Woman ranks 15 out of 151. Before her are Colin Renfrew, Semerkhet, Marija Gimbutas, Johann Friedrich Blumenbach, Nynetjer, and V. Gordon Childe. After her are George Smith, Aurel Stein, Ciriaco de' Pizzicolli, Alcide d'Orbigny, Zahi Hawass, and Karl Richard Lepsius.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1940, Isdal Woman ranks 82. Before her are Cliff Richard, Thomas Harris, Jacques Rancière, Denis Law, Burt Young, and Joachim Frank. After her are Lance Henriksen, Shahnaz Pahlavi, Shozo Tsugitani, Bruce Chatwin, Mina, and Arieh Warshel. Among people deceased in 1970, Isdal Woman ranks 45. Before her are John Dos Passos, Bourvil, Arthur Adamov, Fritz Perls, Lázaro Cárdenas, and Nina Ricci. After her are Princess Irina Alexandrovna of Russia, Pedro Cea, E. M. Forster, Eva Hesse, Prince Felix of Bourbon-Parma, and Erich Heckel.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Isdal Woman ranks 913 out of 7,253. Before her are Hartmut Michel (1948), Duke Henry of Mecklenburg-Schwerin (1876), Hugo Junkers (1859), Elizabeth of Carinthia, Queen of Germany (1262), John George I, Elector of Saxony (1585), and Elisabeth Förster-Nietzsche (1846). After her are Luise Rainer (1910), Carl Friedrich Abel (1723), Elizabeth Alexeievna (1779), Christian Heinrich Friedrich Peters (1813), Kurt Eisner (1867), and Karlheinz Böhm (1928).

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Among ARCHAEOLOGISTS In Germany

Among archaeologists born in Germany, Isdal Woman ranks 4. Before her are Theodor Mommsen (1817), Heinrich Schliemann (1822), and Johann Friedrich Blumenbach (1752). After her are Karl Richard Lepsius (1810), Leo Frobenius (1873), Ernst Curtius (1814), Ami Boué (1794), Wilhelm Dörpfeld (1853), Max von Oppenheim (1860), Adolf Furtwängler (1853), and Heinrich Karl Brugsch (1827).

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