Background
Sawyer, Birgit Ingegerd Linnéa was born on April 2, 1945 in Gothenburg, Sweden. Daughter of Holger Vilhelm and Inga-Maj Astrid (Thunberg) Sandberg.
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Sawyer, Birgit Ingegerd Linnéa was born on April 2, 1945 in Gothenburg, Sweden. Daughter of Holger Vilhelm and Inga-Maj Astrid (Thunberg) Sandberg.
Bachelor, Gothenburg University, 1968. Doctor of Philosophy, Gothenburg University, 1981.
Teacher, high school, Tierp, Sweden, 1970-1974; teacher, gymnasium, Alingsås, Sweden, 1974-1986; research fellow, Gothenburg U., 1986-1990; senior lecturer history, Gothenburg U., 1991-1996; professor of history, Norges Teknisk-Naturvitenskapelige U., Trondheim, Norway, since 1993. Coordinator Biennial Scandinavian Confs. on Medieval Women's History, since 1979. Visiting scholar Scandinavian and history departments University of California, Berkeley, 1985.
Member Society for Arts (steering committee 1993-1996).
Married Johnny William Strand, August 20, 1966 (divorced 1981). Children: Marianne, Karin, Elin. Married Peter Hayes Sawyer, October 30, 1981.