Jeanette Varberg was born on 13 May 1978 in
Odense, Denmark. Varberg became interested in archaeology from her early childhood when her mother read a book to her about the young Egyptian pharaoh
Tutankhamun. She went on to study prehistoric archaeology at
Aarhus University, graduating as
Mag.art in 2006. The same year, she joined the
Third Galathea Expedition which investigated unexplored territories such as the islands of
Papua New Guinea. In 2007, she was appointed curator of the bronze age department at
Moesgaard Museum near
Aarhus. Her responsibility was to develop a more effective approach to the museum's presentations. After spending over 10 years at the Moesgaard Museum, where she was responsible for the Bronze Age department, Varberg took up a new appointment as a curator at the National Museum of Denmark in February 2018. She will also help to modernize the museum's presentations by developing radio and television programmes. ==Awards==