Birgit Eggert

Primary fields of research

• Danish place names and personal names

Current research

• Place names on the island Læsø
• Place names in -holt

Teaching

• Danish personal names
• Danish place names

Fields of interest

• Stednavne på Læsø og i Vendsyssel
• Fornavne i 1700- og 1800-tallet
• Danske efternavne, især den brede befolknings efternavne i 1800-tallet
• Danske skovbetegnende stednavnetyper
• Nutidens brug af fornavne

CV

2012-         Associate professor at the Department of Scandinavian Research, Name Research Section, University of Copenhagen.

2008–2012 Assistant Professor at the Department of Scandinavian Research, Name Research Section, University of Copenhagen.

2005–2007 Research assistant at the Department of Scandinavian Research, Name Research Section, University of Copenhagen.

2006          PhD at the University of Copenhagen

2003–2005 PhD scholar at the Department of Scandinavian Research, Name Research Section, University of Copenhagen.

2003          Master of Arts in Nordic Philology at the University of Copenhagen

2000–2002 Student assistant for academic work at the Institute of Name Research, University of Copenhagen

1998–2001 Student assistant for academic work at the Dictionary of Old Norse Prose, The Arnamagnaean Commission’s dictionary.