9. Viking Congress 1981 – Isle of Man

Date:

4^th – 14^th July.

Theme:

The Viking Age in The Isle of Man.

Patron:

His Excellency The Lieutenant Governor of the Isle of Man Rear-Admiral Sir Nigel Cecil, KBE, CB.

Organising Committee:

Christine Fell, Peter Foote, James Graham-Campbell, Raymond Page, David M. Wilson (Chairman)

Committee of Honour:

William Cain, Her Majesty's Attorney-General for the Isle of Man; Sir Charles Kerruish, Speaker of the House of Keys; Wing-Commander Roy MacDonald, Chairman of the Isle of Man Harbour Board; H. C. Wilkinson, Chairman of Trustees, The Manx Museum.

Secretaries:

Ulla Corkill, Marjorie Caygill

National Representatives:

Denmark:

Iceland:

Ireland:

Norway:

Sweden:

UnitedKingdom:

Delegates of the Congress:

Isle of Man

Robin N. S. Bigland, St. John's; Frank Cowin, Castletown; Marshall Cubbon, Douglas; Robert Curphey, Castletown; Larch S. Garrad, Douglas; Ann Harrison, Douglas; Margaret Killip, Douglas; Robert Quayle, Douglas.

Britain

Richard N. Bailey, Newcastle upon Tyne; Michael P. Barnes and Kirsten Barnes, London; Alan L. Binns, Hull; Barbara E. Crawford, St. Andrews; Christine E. Fell, Nottingham; Peter G. Foote, London; James Graham-Campbell, London; Richard Hall, York; John Hunter, Bradford; Sean McGrail, London; John McKinnell, Durham; Sue Margeson, Norwich; Basil R. S. Megaw, Edinburgh; Christopher D. Morris, Durham; Raymond Page, Cambridge; Robert B. K. Stevenson, Edinburgh; Robert L. Thomson, Leeds; Ross Trench-Jellicoe, Lancaster; Dominic Tweddle, York; Leslie E. Webster, London; Kirsten Williams, London; David M. Wilson and Eva Wilson, London

Denmark

Hans Bekker-Nielsen, Odense; Olaf Olsen, Copenhagen; Kirsten Bendixen, Copenhagen; Else Roesdahl, Århus; Gillian Fellows Jensen, Copenhagen; Lene Rold, Århus; Jørgen Højgaard Jørgensen, Odense; Preben Meulengracht Sørensen, Odense; Christen Leif Vebaek, Copenhagen.

Faroes Arne Thorsteinsson and Elisabeth Thorsteinsson, Tórshavn;

Iceland

Bjarni Einarsson and Sigrún Hermannsdóttir, Reykjavík; Gísli Gestsson and Guðrún Sigurðardóttir, Reykjavík; Ólafur Halldórsson and Aðalbjörg V. Karlsdóttir, Hafnarfjörður; Jónas Kristjánsson, Sigríður Kristjánsdóttir and Áslaug Jónasdóttir, Reykjavík; Þór Magnússon and María Heiðdal, Reykjavík; Sveinbjörn Rafnsson, Reykjavík; Jón Steffensen, Reykjavík

Ireland

Bo Almqvist, Dublin; Liam de Paor, Dublin; Maire de Paor, Dublin; Tom Fanning, Galway; Donnchadh Ó Corráin, Cork; Breandán Ó Ríordáin, Dublin

Norway

Per Sveaas Andersen, Oslo; Egil Bakka, Bergen; Charlotte Blindheim, Oslo; Martin Blindheim, Oslo; Reidar Djupedal, Trondheim; Signe Horn Fuglesang, Oslo; Eyvind Fjeld Halvorsen, Oslo; Finn Hødnebø, Oslo; Sigrid H. H. Kaaland, Bergen; Aslak Liestøl and Astrid Liestøl, Oslo; Magne Oftedal, Oslo Kolbjørn Skaare, Oslo; Tor Ulset, Oslo

Sweden

Gösta Berg, Stockholm; Lennart Elmevik, Uppsala; Anna Larsson, Uppsala; Folke Ström and Louise Ström, Göteborg; Börje Tjäder, Uppsala.

Excursions:

Sponsors:

The Isle of Man government; The British Academy; the Dame Bertha Philpotts Memorial Fund, University of Cambridge; the Dorothea Coke Fund, University College London; the Dorothea Coke Publication fund, University of Cambridge.

Notes:

Congress Diary:

Congress Proceedings:

The Viking Age In The Isle of Man. Select papers from The Ninth Viking Congress, Isle of Man, 4-14 July 1981, edited by Christine Fell, Peter Foote, James Graham-Campbell, Robert Thomson. Viking Society For Northern Research University College London. 1983.

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