- December 1, 1993) was a 20th-century Danish Tibetologist, most remembered for his pioneering work on the religious ethos of the Tibetan Empire and his contributions to the study of the Zhang Zhung language.
Much of the special literature in this area was unavailable in Denmark, so he made contacts in London and had the necessary material imported.
Following up on his interest for Tibetan language and culture, he went to Rome where he met Giuseppe Tucci and other professors such as Raffaele Pettazzoni and Walter Simon.
After finishing his MA degree in 1955 he was employed by Copenhagen University as a teaching assistant in Tibetan language and culture.
In this dissertation he put his focus on showing how the ideology of the King as a main pillar in the society is connected to the religious cosmology and used sources such as priests and other hierarchical institutions.