4 2 ) ▁is ▁a ▁Dan ish ▁arch ae ologist , ▁historian ▁and ▁educ ator . ▁She ▁has ▁medi ated ▁the ▁history ▁of ▁the ▁Vik ings ▁for ▁most ▁of ▁her ▁life , ▁including ▁coord ination ▁of ▁notable ▁exhib itions ▁on ▁the ▁Vik ing ▁Age ▁and ▁author ing ▁several ▁books ▁on ▁the ▁subject . ▁Ro es d ahl ' s ▁books ▁have ▁been ▁translated ▁into ▁several ▁languages . ▁ ▁Her ▁popular ▁book ▁The ▁Vik ings ▁was ▁first ▁published ▁in ▁English ▁in ▁ 1 9 9 1 . ▁ ▁Biography ▁Born ▁in ▁S ø nder borg ▁in ▁southern ▁J ut land , ▁Ro es d ahl ▁is ▁the ▁daughter ▁of ▁two ▁medical ▁do ctors , ▁Har ald ▁E y v ind ▁Ro es d ahl ▁and ▁his ▁wife ▁Hel ene ▁Ref sl und ▁Thom sen . ▁She ▁and ▁her ▁sib lings ▁were ▁brought ▁up ▁in ▁a ▁home ▁where ▁education ▁had ▁a ▁high ▁priority . ▁After ▁mat ric ulating ▁from ▁S ø nder borg ▁St ats sk ole ▁in ▁ 1 9 6 0 , ▁she ▁studied ▁history ▁and ▁arch ae ology ▁at ▁C open hagen ▁University , ▁gradu ating ▁in ▁ 1 9 6 9 . ▁ ▁In ▁ 1 9 7 0 , ▁she ▁joined ▁A ar hus ▁University ▁where ▁she ▁became ▁a ▁ten ured ▁lect urer ▁in ▁the ▁newly ▁formed ▁Med ieval ▁Arch ae ology ▁department ▁in ▁ 1 9 8 1 ▁and ▁ultimately ▁a ▁professor ▁in ▁ 1 9 9 6 . ▁Her ▁first ▁major ▁work , ▁F yr k at ▁: