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]

He was a brother of poet Eldrid Lunden.

Selected bibliography edit

  • Norge under Sverre-ætten, 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 edit

  1. ^ "Kåre Lunden – Norsk biografisk leksikon". Nbl.snl.no. 1933-08-22. Retrieved 2013-07-23.
  2. ^ "Gruppe 1: Historie" (in Norwegian). Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters. Archived from the original on 23 September 2015. Retrieved 26 October 2009.
  3. ^ Johansen, Tore (1 August 2009). "Norge / Norway 1954 – Menn / Men" (PDF). Norwegian Athletics. Archived from the original (PDF) on 11 December 2011. Retrieved 2 January 2012.