BERGMAN, Folke. Stockholm 29.8.1902 — Stockholm 22.5.1946. Swedish Central Asian Archaeologist. Matriculated 1922 from Norrmalm (Stockholm), studies at Uppsala. Participated in excavations in Visby, then in Sven Hedin’s Chinese expedition 1929-35 and found the tombs of Xiaohe in Lop Nur. In Sweden worked as Amanuens of East Asian collections in East Asian Museum (Östasiatiska Museet, now part of Världskulturmuseet). He was of great promise, but died too early.
Publications: “Lou-Lan Wood-Carvings and Small Finds Discovered by Sven Hedin”, Bulletin of the Museum of Far Eastern Antiquities 7, 1935, 71-144.
– Archaeological Researches in Sinkiang. Especially in the Lop-Nor Region. 250 p. Reports from the Scientific Expedition to the Northwestern Provinces of China under the Leadership of Dr. Sven Hedin / Scientific Expedition to the North-Western Provinces of China: Publication 7. Stockholm 1939.
– Participated in Hedin’s expedition reports.
Sources: Wikipedia briefly (slightly more in Swedish version, with photo, fuller account of his Central Asian work in German version); position in Sweden found in kulturnav.org/9fdbbb36-37e3-4888-8f47-c0659c3402c1.
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