Harald L. Tveterås

Harald L. veterås
BornHarald Ludvig Tveterås
(1904-10-15)15 October 1904
Died15 June 1991(1991-06-15) (aged 86)
OccupationLibrarian
Author
LanguageNorwegian
NationalityNorwegian
RelativesRasmus Tveteraas (father)
Vilhelm Tveteraas (brother)

Harald Ludvig Tveterås (15 October 1904 – 30 June 1991) was a Norwegian librarian and author. [1]

Biography

He was born in Stavanger to school inspector and politician Rasmus Tveteraas and Laurentze Mæle, and was a brother of printmaker Vilhelm Tveteraas. He graduated at the Stavanger Cathedral School in 1925. He became cand.philol. in 1932 and dr.philos. in 1966 at the University of Oslo. [2]

He was assigned with the University of Oslo Library for forty years, from 1929. Between 1947-48, he was a librarian at the UNESCO library in Paris. He served as chairman of the Norwegian National Commission for UNESCO 1952-67 and continued to 1969 as deputy chairman. From 1969 to 1974 he served as National Librarian (riksbibliotekar). Among his works are the first three volumes of Den norske bokhandels historie (1950-1986). He was decorated Knight, First Class of the Order of St. Olav in 1967. In 1987 he received the founder of Fritt Ord Award (Fritt Ords Honnør). [3] [4]

References

  1. ^ "Harald Tveterås". Den Store Danske. Retrieved 1 June 2018.
  2. ^ Engelstad, Kirsten. "Harald L Tveterås". In Helle, Knut (ed.). Norsk biografisk leksikon (in Norwegian). Oslo: Kunnskapsforlaget. Retrieved 27 May 2015.
  3. ^ Godal, Anne Marit (ed.). "Harald L. Tveterås". Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Oslo: Norsk nettleksikon. Retrieved 27 May 2015.
  4. ^ "1987 Harald Tveterås". Fritt Ord. Archived from the original on 13 March 2016. Retrieved 1 June 2018.


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