Birgitte Possing

Quick Facts

Full Name	Birgitte Possing
Occupation	Historian
Date Of Birth	May 8, 1952(1952-05-08)
Age	72
Birthplace	Kolding
Country	Denmark
Birth City	Region of Southern Denmark
Horoscope	Taurus

Birgitte Possing Biography

Birgitte Possing is one of the most popular and richest Historian who was born on May 8, 1952 in Kolding, Region of Southern Denmark, Denmark.

Birgitte Possing (born 1952) is a Danish historian who has specialized in historical biography. In 1992, paying special attention to aspects relating to gender, she earned a doctorate with Viljens styrke, a biography of the pioneering feminist and educator Natalie Zahle. Possing has headed the manuscript department of the Danish National Library and coordinated research at the National Museum of Denmark. From 2000 to 2004, she was director of Danmarks Humanistiske Forskningscenter (Danish Institute for Advanced Studies in the Humanities) after which she was appointed senior researcher at the Danish National Archives. In the late 1990s, while collaborating with Kvinfo on Dansk kvindebiografisk leksikon covering women’s biographies, Possing identified 1,140 Danish women of historical importance who had not been included in the authoritative biographical dictionary Dansk Biografisk Leksikon.

After teaching for a year at the Nordic Folk High School for Women (Den Nordiske Kvindehøjskole) in Visby, she turned to research and lecturing, spending four years (1986–1990) at the Royal Danish School of Educational Studies (Danmarks Lærerhøjskole) in Copenhagen. From 1991 to 1998, she was chief archivist and head of the Manuscript Department at the Royal Danish Library where she was responsible for the registration of literary sources. After two years serving as director of research at the National Museum (1998–2000), she was appointed director of the Danish Institute for Advanced Studies in the Humanities. After gaining the status of professor at the University of Southern Denmark in 1999, in 2000 she was appointed senior research fellow at the Danish National Archives. Since 2006, she has been an affiliated professor at the University of Copenhagen.

Birgitte Possing Net Worth

Birgitte Possing is one of the richest Historian from Denmark. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Birgitte Possing 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

Born in Kolding on 8 May 1952, Birgitte Possing, one of four children, was the daughter of a nurse and a dentist. Both were from Copenhagen but had moved to Kolding on the east coast of Jutland to bring their children up near the surrounding woods and seashore. She studied history and ethnography at Aarhus University, graduating as Cand.mag. in 1979. She later earned a doctorate from the University of Copenhagen (1992).

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Blake Ranked on the list of most popular Historian. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in Denmark. Birgitte Possing celebrates birthday on May 8 of every year.