Background
Born in Stockholm, he was the son of Bror Emil Hildebrand and Anna Mathilda Ekecrantz.
anthropologist archaeologist prehistorian
Born in Stockholm, he was the son of Bror Emil Hildebrand and Anna Mathilda Ekecrantz.
Uppsala University.
He was the brother of Emil Hildebrand, and in 1867 married Elin Maria Charlotta Martin. He worked both in archaeology and numismatics, mainly of the High and Late Middle Ages. He is internationally known as one of the pioneers of the archaeological technique of typology.
Between 1895 and his death, Hildebrand was Director-General of the Swedish Academy.
From 1879-1907 he was also Secretary to the Royal Swedish Academy of Letters, History and Antiquities and Custodian of the National Heritage, riksantikvarie. Whilst at the Academy of Letters he contributed to the foundation of the journal Fornvännen.
Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences. Russian Academy of Sciences. Swedish Academy]
He was a member of the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences from 1891.