Andreas Holmsen
Andreas Holmsen (5 June 1906 – 20 February 1989) was a Norwegian historian. author and educator. He is most commonly associated with his text book, Norges historie fra de eldste tider til 1660 which is a standard introduction in the early Norwegian history.[1]
Personal life
He was born in Kristiania as a son of head teacher Andreas Holmsen (1857–1926) and Dagmar Berger (1865–1948). From 1933 he was married to Solveig Ingebrethsen, a daughter of newspaper editor Ingolf Ingebrethsen and sister of Arne Jostein Ingebrethsen, but the marriage was dissolved. In 1961 he married ethnologist. Rigmor Frimannslund (1911-2006).[2] They resided at Vøyenenga.[3] He died in February 1989 in Bærum.[4]
Career
Andreas Holmsen was a consultant in history in the Institute of Economics at the University of Oslo from 1934 to 1940, He was a professor of history at the University from 1955 to 1975. During the course of his career, Holmsen wrote several books and numerous articles in addition to delivering a number of scientific papers. His work principally concerned Norwegian socioeconomic and social history.[4]
Bibliography
- 1936 Eidsvold bygds historie vol. 1.
- 1937 Sogn. Økonomisk og administrativ historie
- 1939 Norges historie. Fra de eldste tider til 1660 (1st ed.)
- 1943 Røkholt-Venger ætten. En slektsoversikt.
- 1946 Fra Linderud til Eidsvold Værk vol. 1.
- 1950 Eidsvold bygds historie vol. 2
- 1966 Gard, bygd, rike (Festschrift)
- 1971 Fra Linderud til Eidsvold Værk vol. 2.
- 1976 Nye studier i gammel historie
- 1978 Hva kan vi vite om agrarkatastrofen i Norge i middelalderen?
- 1984 Den store mannedauen
References
- ↑ Andreas Holmsen – norsk historiker (Store norske leksikon. Historie, Forfatter: Helge Salvesen)
- ↑ Rigmor Holmsen, Folkelivsgransker (Norsk biografisk leksikon, Forfatter: Tryggve Fett)
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Other Sources
- Lunden, Kåre and Harald Winge (1986) Andreas Holmsen en bibliografi over hans historiske forfatterskap (Oslo: Norsk loklahistorisk institutt)
- Fagerbakk, Terje (1989) Om å gå bakover - Andreas Holmsen i norsk lokalhistorisk forskning (University of Tromsø)
Related Reading
- Holmsen, Andreas (1977)Norges Historie:Fra de eldste tider til 1660 (Universitetsforlaget AS) ISBN 978-8200032441
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