Kåre Lunden
Kåre Lunden (8 April 1930 – 18 July 2013) was a Norwegian historian, and Professor Emeritus of History at the University of Oslo.[1]
Lunden was born in Naustdal. He originally studied agronomy at the Norwegian College of Agriculture, graduating in 1957. He then worked six years as a civil servant in the Norwegian Ministry of Church Affairs and Education, before taking up history studies. There he graduated as cand.philol. in 1965. He was appointed by the King-in-Council as Professor of History at the University of Oslo in 1976.
He is a member of the Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters.[2]
He was an able javelin thrower while studying. He represented the sports team of the Norwegian College of Agriculture, NLHI, and threw 50.27 metres in 1954.[3]
Selected bibliography
- Norge under Sverrætten, volume 3 of Cappelens Norgeshistorie, 1976
- Biletet av fortida: innhogg i historisk fagteori, 1991
- Norsk grålysing, 1992
- Den vakre snikkarkona: frå Geoffrey Chaucers Canterbury-forteljingar og andre mellomaldervers (ed.), 1992
- Nasjon eller union? Refleksjonar og røynsler, 1993
- Dialog med fortida. Historie om .., 1995
- Norges Landbrukshistorie, volume 2, 2002
References
- ↑ "Kåre Lunden – Norsk biografisk leksikon". Nbl.snl.no. 1933-08-22. Retrieved 2013-07-23.
- ↑ "Gruppe 1: Historie" (in Norwegian). Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters. Retrieved 26 October 2009.
- ↑ Johansen, Tore (1 August 2009). "Norge / Norway 1954 – Menn / Men" (PDF). Norwegian Athletics. Retrieved 2 January 2012.