Ottar Dahl (5 January 1924 – 4 April 2011) was a Norwegian historian and historiographer.
Dahl was born in Nannestad. He took the dr. philos. degree in 1957, worked at the University of Oslo as a scholarship holder from 1957, docent from 1960 and professor from 1966 to 1991. He then retired to a position as professor emeritus.
Dahl was a member of the Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters.[1] From 1972 to 1975 he chaired the Norwegian Historical Association.[2] He died in April 2011.[3]
Selected bibliography
edit- Historisk materialisme. Historiesynet hos Koht og Bull, 1952
- Om årsaksproblemer i historisk forskning, 1957
- Norsk historieforskning i det 19. og 20. århundre, 1959
- Grunntrekk i historieforskningens metodelære, 1967
- Problemer i historiens teori, 1986
- Fra konsens til katastrofe - kapitler av fascismens historie i Italia, 1996
References
edit- ^ "Gruppe 1: Historie" (in Norwegian). Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters. Retrieved 26 October 2009.
- ^ "Historikk" (in Norwegian). Norwegian Historical Association. Archived from the original on 13 April 2014. Retrieved 28 April 2011.
- ^ Death announcement, Budstikka 7 April 2011, p. 64