Velle Espeland

Velle Espeland
Born(1945-07-06)6 July 1945
Sør-Fron, Norway
Died10 January 2024(2024-01-10) (aged 78)
Oslo, Norway
Alma materUniversity of Oslo
OccupationFolklorist

Velle Espeland (6 July 1945 – 10 January 2024) was a Norwegian folklorist.

Personal life and education

Born in Sør-Fron on 6 July 1945, Espeland studied folkloristics at the University of Oslo. His cand.mag. thesis from 1974 was titled Folkesong i Bjerkreim.[1]

Career

Espeland was assigned to Institutt for kulturstudier at the University of Oslo from 1974 to 2003. He also administrated the institution Norsk visearkiv [no] from its foundation in 1983.[1]

Among his publications are two books about ghosts, the children's book Den store boka om spøkelser from 1999, and the factbook Spøkelse. Hvileløse gjengangere i tradisjon og historie from 2002. He also contributed text to the comic series Smørbukk and Tuss og Troll [nn], and translated the Belgian comic strips Spirou & Fantasio and Marsupilami into Norwegian language.[1]

In 2014 he was awarded the Rff prize from Rådet for folkemusikk og folkedans [no],[2] a subsidiary of Arts Council Norway,[3] for his contributions to Norsk visearkiv.[2]

Death

Espeland died in Oslo on 10 January 2024, at the age of 78.[1][4]

References

  1. ^ a b c d Habbestad, Ida. "Velle Espeland". In Bolstad, Erik (ed.). Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Oslo: Norsk nettleksikon. Retrieved 24 February 2024.
  2. ^ a b "RFF-prisen 2014 til Velle Espeland". ballade.no (in Norwegian). 23 September 2014. Retrieved 25 April 2024.
  3. ^ Aksdal, Bjørn. "Rådet for folkemusikk og folkedans". In Bolstad, Erik (ed.). Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Oslo: Norsk nettleksikon. Retrieved 25 April 2024.
  4. ^ Ressem, Astrid Nora; Prøysen, Elin; Kreken, Liv (20 January 2024). "Velle Espeland var ein særdeles raus og allsidig kollega". Aftenposten (in Norwegian). Retrieved 25 April 2024.


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