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Bengt Danielsson Bengt Danielsson i(A97034 works by) (birth name: Bengt Emmerik Danielsson)
Born: Established: 6 Jul 1921
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Sweden,
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Scandinavia, Western Europe, Europe, ; Died: Ceased: 9 Jul 1997
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Sweden,
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Scandinavia, Western Europe, Europe,
Gender: Male
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Bengt Danielsson was born in Sweden in 1921, obtained a Ph.D. in anthropology and was director of Sweden's National Museum of Ethnology. In 1947 he joined Thor Heyerdahl's Kon-Tiki expedition, ending up in the South Seas. He spent some time in Australia in the late 1950s.

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