Hobbies And Interests
Tollund Man
On May 8, 1950, a group of peat farmers discovered what appeared to be a freshly murdered body in the peat bog near their home. When the police were called, they were unable to confirm a time of death and contacted Professor Glob. He ascertained the corpse was over 2,000 years old, citing a layer of Iron Age moss found beneath the body as evidence of when the victim was killed and placed in the bog.
Tollund Man as Sacrifice
It became clear, once scientists performed an autopsy on the body, that Tollund Man had been hung. His tongue was distended, a common physiological effect of this process, and creases were visible on the sides of his neck and under his chin. Further examination revealed that his last meal had included several types of seed that were not easily available, suggesting he had been killed as a sacrifice, and given a last meal which had symbolic significance.
Grauballe Man
Two years later, Glob became involved in the study of Grauballe Man. Grauballe Man was discovered in the village of Grauballe in Jutland, and, like Tollund Man, appears to have been killed as a sacrifice. Unlike Tollund Man, Grauballe Man had his throat cut. His death was dated to the late 3rd Century B.C. by analyzing the layer of peat the body was found in. This was confirmed several years later by radiocarbon dating.
Scandanavian Institute of Comparative Vandalism
Glob, along with artist Asger Jorn, Werner Jacobsen from the National Museum of Denmark and Holger Arbman of the University Lund founded the Institute in 1961. The idea was to promote and explore Scandinavian culture in the age of the Vikings and the Institute was instrumental in helping Jorn take over 20,000 photos of Scandinavian motifs to trace the connection between Scandinavian and European motifs of the time. These photos were never published, although the Institute's archives remain.