Helle Vogt

Helle Vogt is a Professor of Legal History at the Faculty of Law, University of Copenhagen, affiliated with the JUR Center for Interdisciplinary Studies of Law. She holds a PhD from 2005 and has been actively involved in teaching legal history, criminal law, comparative law, and legal culture since 2012. Her research focuses on Nordic legal history from the Middle Ages to modern times, emphasizing religion’s influence on law, foreign legal impacts, inheritance systems, punishment practices, and court cultural history.

• Education: PhD in Legal History (2005)

Her research explores topics such as lineage’s role in medieval legal systems, donation cultures in inheritance law, and interactions between learned law and religious norms. Recent publications address gendered punishments in medieval Nordic law and jurisdictional boundaries in medieval Danish/Norwegian town laws.

No scientific awards explicitly mentioned. She has advised no doctoral/master’s students listed here. Active in academic activities like lectures on medieval Danish law, Nordic civil wars, and legal conflict resolution models. Engaged in projects like "Farms, Fences and Fields" and editing series.