Bjørn Tysdahl

Bjørn Tysdahl (20 October 1933 – 17 December 2020) was a Norwegian literary historian.

He grew up in Kampen, Oslo. He took his education at the University of Oslo, from 1961 as a research fellow. Following the doctoral thesis Joyce and Ibsen: A Study in Literary Influence, he worked at the University of Sussex before becoming a professor of English literature at the University of Oslo.[1] He was especially known for his biography on Oscar Wilde.[2] He was a fellow of the Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters from 1988.[3]

He resided at Hosle.[4] He died in December 2020, aged 87.[1]

References
  1. Pellicer, Juan Christian; Rem, Tore; Lothe, Jakob (12 January 2021). "Bjørn Tysdahl". Aftenposten. p. 48.
  2. Wold, Bendik (19 September 2003). "Norgesvennen". Morgenbladet (in Norwegian). p. 9.
  3. "Norske medlemmer" (in Norwegian). Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters. Archived from the original on 15 July 2007. Retrieved 2 July 2021.
  4. "Bjørn Tysdahl 70 år 20. oktober" (in Norwegian). Norwegian News Agency. 1 October 2003.



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