Sigurd Grieg of the Middle Ages. Sigurd Grieg Sigurd Jebsen Grieg (22 August 1894 – 3 November 1973) was a Norwegian museologist and archeologist. He is most associated with the excavation of Raknehaugen, a prehistoric burial barrow located at Ullensaker in Akershus, Norway. He was born in the borough of Fana in the city of Bergen, Norway. He was the son of Bergen based book publisher, John Grieg (1856–1905). He earned his Master's Degree (1923) and PhD (1926) from the University of Oslo. He was manager of the Sandvig Collections at Maihaugen in Lillehammer from 1946 to 1964. His later research centered
Haugtussa (Grieg) Haugtussa (Grieg) Haugtussa, Op. 67, or "The Mountain Maid", is a song cycle for soprano and piano composed by Edvard Grieg in 1895 and published in 1898. It is the only song cycle in his entire output. The text was written by the Norwegian writer Arne Garborg, an excerpt from his book of poetry "Haugtussa". It tells the story of Haugtussa, a young herding girl, and her first love affair with a boy, her first heartache. Both the lyrics, which brim over with imagery of gurgling brooks and tasty blueberries, and the music that mimics this imagery, intertwine the main