Editing Axel Olrik (section)

==Career==
Olrik began his studies at the [[University of Copenhagen]] in 1881. In 1886, he won the university gold medal for an essay on the age of the [[Eddic poems]];<ref>[[Kaarle Krohn]], "Axel Olrik", ''[[Folklore Fellows' Communications]]'' 29 (1919) pp. 3–18, p. 3 {{in lang|de}} ([http://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=mdp.39015005762847;seq=1143;view=1up;num=3 online] at Hathi Trust)</ref> he received his Master of Arts in [[Old Norse|Nordic]] [[Philology]] in 1887 and his Ph.D. in 1892. The following year, he became a private [[docent]] at the university. On 1 April 1896 he was awarded a temporary position in Scandinavian folklore, which on 9 April 1913 was converted into an extraordinary professorship. Apart from a period at Kristiania (now [[Oslo]]) in 1892 studying with [[Moltke Moe]],<ref name=Dundes85>[[Alan Dundes]], ''International Folkloristics: Classic Contributions by the Founders of Folklore'', Lanham, Maryland: Rowman & Littlefield, 1999, {{ISBN|9780847695140}}, [https://books.google.com/books?id=jQ6bGz4qmWsC&q=Moe%27s+notion+of+epic+laws&pg=PA83 p. 85].</ref> he spent his entire career at the University of Copenhagen.