Roar Tank was the son of the historian Yngvar Nielsen. He worked as a teacher and acting headmaster at the Latin school of Drammen. Like his father, he published many travel books, published in Norwegian, German, French, and English. He also wrote local history books about Modum and Jarlsberg and his father's biography Idyll og arbeidsår. He also wrote two chapters of Småskrifter for bokvenner.
Works
Vinter i Norge (1906)
Under krigsfare og skattetryk (1912)
Jarlsberg hovedgaard og dens besiddere gjennem tiderne (1930)
Modums historie (1941)
Idyll og arbeidsår (1956)
References
^Bratberg, Terje (28 September 2014). "Roar Tank" – via Store norske leksikon.
^Wasberg, Gunnar Christie (2 May 2017). "Roar Tank" – via Store norske leksikon.