Jan Svanberg
Jan Viktor Svanberg was a Swedish art historian specialized in medieval art and professor emeritus of Art History at Stockholm University.
Personal life
Jan Svanberg was the son of the literary historian and Inga Esbjörnsson, and the nephew of the Nordist. In 1965 he married the literary scholar and feminist.Education and university career
Svanberg graduated with a Bachelor of Arts in 1960, a in 1965 and a Doctor of Philosophy in Stockholm in 1973.He was a teacher at the in 1961-1962 and a teacher in the Department of Art History at Stockholm University starting in 1962.
He was a Lecturer between 1974 and 1993, a Docent between 1981 and 1986, between 1982-1989 and Professor between 1982-1983 and 1989. In 1994 he became a professor of art history at the University of Oslo. He was a fellow of the Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters from 1995.