Ottar Dahl

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
  • 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
  1. "Gruppe 1: Historie" (in Norwegian). Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters. Retrieved 26 October 2009.
  2. "Historikk" (in Norwegian). Norwegian Historical Association. Archived from the original on 13 April 2014. Retrieved 28 April 2011.
  3. Death announcement, Budstikka 7 April 2011, p. 64
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