Maria Mogensen

Maria Mogensen
Born
Maria Pouline Mogensen

(1882-10-01)1 October 1882
Copenhagen, Denmark
Died31 October 1932(1932-10-31) (aged 50)
Copenhagen, Denmark
Occupations
EmployerNy Carlsberg Glyptotek
AwardsLitteris et Artibus, 1919

Maria Pouline Mogensen (1 October 1882 – 31 October 1932) was a Danish curator and Egyptologist.[1] The first Danish female Egyptologist, Mogensen played a major role in the development of the Egyptian collection at the Ny Carlsberg Glyptotek.[1][2][3]

Early life and education

Mogensen was born on 1 October 1882 in Copenhagen to Niels Mogensen (1848–1916), a machinist, and Marie Vilhelmine Emilie Dohn (1857–1882).[1][4] The youngest of three siblings, Mogensen's mother died when she was 3 months old.[2] Mogensen attended gymnasium however, anxiety caused her to leave school without obtaining her studentereksamen.[2]

Mogensen was interested in Egyptology from a young age.[1] In 1906, aged 24, Mogensen attended a lecture in Egyptology by Valdemar Schmidt (1836–1925).[2][3] With encouragement from Schmidt, Mogensen informally attended Schmidt's lectures at the University of Copenhagen during 1906 to 1908.[1][2] Mogensen continued her informal Egyptology education with H.O. Lange from 1908 to 1918.[1]

Career

In 1910, Mogense was employed as Schmidt's assistant at the Ny Carlsberg Glyptotek.[1][5] As Schmidt's assistant Mogensen helped purchase Egyptian antiquities from auctions and from the excavations of Flinders Petrie.[2][5]

In 1919, Mogensen published a French and Swedish-language catalogue of the Nationalmuseums Egyptian Collection.[1] The same year Mogensen received the Litteris et Artibus.[1] Between 1921 and 1922 Mogensen travelled across Egypt.[1]

Following Schmidt's death in 1925, Mogensen was appointed curator in 1926.[2][3] Mogensen played a major role in the development of the Egyptian collection and the use of preservation practices.[1]

On 31 October 1932 Mogensen died in Copenhagen aged 50.[1]

Publications

  • Mogensen, Maria (1918). Inscriptions hiéroglyphiques du Musée national de Copenhague (in French). Copenhagen: A.F. Höst.
  • Nationalmuseum; Mogensen, Maria (1919). Vägledning i den Egyptiska Samlingen (in Swedish).[1]
  • Mogensen, Maria (1930). Katalog over den ægyptiske Samling på Ny Carlsberg Glyptothek med Album (in Danish).[1]

References

  1. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n Høgsbro, Kirsten-Elizabeth (22 April 2023). "Maria Mogensen". In Larsen, Jytte (ed.). Dansk Kvindebiografisk Leksikon (in Danish). Copenhagen, Denmark: LEX. Retrieved 19 February 2026.
  2. ^ a b c d e f g Sortsøe Søndergaard, Rebecca (2025). "Maria Mogensen, en underlig Dame. Et nyt projekt på Glyptoteket v. Tine Bagh, ph.d., museumsinspektør, Glyptoteket". Faculty of Arts (in Danish). Aarhus, Denmark: Aarhus University. Retrieved 19 February 2026.
  3. ^ a b c Alm, Andreas (2023). "Valdemar Schmidt and the Foundation of Egyptology in Denmark". In Navratilova, Hana; Gertzen, Thomas L.; De Meyer, Marleen; Dodson, Aidan; Bednarski, Andrew (eds.). Addressing Diversity: Inclusive Histories of Egyptology (PDF). Münster: Zaphon. pp. 31–54. ISBN 978-3-96327-145-8. Retrieved 19 February 2026.
  4. ^ "Marie Pouline Mogensen [Confirmation Record]". Kontraministerialbog; Staden København; 1896–1899 (in Danish). Copenhagen, Denmark: Danish National Archives. 3 April 1898.
  5. ^ a b "Copenhagen, Ny Carlsberg Glyptotek". Artefacts of Excavation: British Excavations in Egypt in 1880–1980. Oxford: The Griffith Institute, University of Oxford. 2015. Retrieved 19 February 2026.
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