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Expedition member

Livia Gjerstad

fl. 1923–1931 · Sweden

Swedish expedition member, active 1923–1931. Married to Einar Nilson Gjerstad.

Life and work

  1. October 1923
    Travelled to Cyprus with her husband in October 1923 (landing at Larnaca, received by Pierides).

    LarnacaGjerstad 1980

  2. 1927
    Left for Cyprus in autumn 1927 as a member of the Swedish Cyprus Expedition with her sons Martin and Stefan (then 5 and 2), alongside Gudrun Atterman, John Lindros and his wife Rosa, Erik Sjöqvist and Alfred Westholm.

    Gjerstad 1980

  3. 1927–1931
    Described by Gjerstad as the 'mascot' of the Vouni camp, who helped in the field; credited in SCE I with good service during the excavations and in reading proofs during preparation of the publication.

    VouniGjerstad 1980Gjerstad et al. 1934, p. XIX

Connections

1 person

Family

Sources

  1. 1.E. Gjerstad (1980). Ages and Days in Cyprus.
  2. 2.E. Gjerstad, J. Lindros, E. Sjöqvist, A. Westholm (1934). The Swedish Cyprus Expedition: Finds and Results of the Excavations in Cyprus 1927-1931, Vol. I (text). Stockholm, The Swedish Cyprus Expedition.