Edgeir Benum
Edgeir Reidar Benum (born 13 October 1939) is a Norwegian historian.
He was born in Verdal, and is the younger brother of athlete Pål Benum. He graduated from the University of Oslo with a cand.philol. degree in 1967,[1] and worked as a scholarship holder there from 1968 to 1972.[2] He then became a professor in history at the University of Tromsø from 1972 to 1980 and then at the University of Oslo since 1980.[1] He has twice been a visiting scholar at the University of California, Berkeley.[2] He is a member of the Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters.[3]
Selected bibliography
This is a list of his most notable works:[1]
- Maktsentra og opposisjon. Spaniasaken i Norge 1946-47, 1969.
- Sentraladministrasjonens historie. volume 2, 1979.
- Byråkratienes by. Fra 1948 til våre dager. volume 5 of Oslo bys historie, 1994.
- Overflod og fremtidsfrykt, volume 12 of Aschehougs norgeshistorie, 1998.
References
- 1 2 3 "Benum, Edgeir (Reidar)". Store norske leksikon. Kunnskapsforlaget. 2007.
- 1 2 Profile at the University of Oslo
- ↑ "Gruppe 1: Historie" (in Norwegian). Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters. Retrieved 26 October 2009.
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