Professor Robert Ture Olov Janse (August 3, 1892, in Norrköping, Sweden – March 1985, in Washington, D.C., United States)[1] was a Swedish archaeologist.
[5] His uncle, Otto Janse, who was an archaeologist who specialized in Swedish medieval history, was an inspiration to Olov in choosing his field of study, archaeology.
[6] on the thesis Le travail de l'or en Suède à l'époque mérovingienne.
Études précédées d'un mémoire sur les solidi romains & byzantins trouvés en Suède.
While most of the ceramics that he unearthed during these excavations were deposited in various museums around the world, he gave some to King Gustavus Adolphus of Sweden, perhaps as a gesture of patriotism.
[9] During World War II, Janse went to the United States where he worked as an advisor to the U.S. intelligence agency, Office of Strategic Services.
The Jansen East Asian collections held today include the Museum of Far Eastern Antiquities, Stockholm, the Musée Cernuschi in Paris, the Musée du Louvre in Paris, and the Peabody Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology in Cambridge, Massachusetts, US.