Vigdis Ystad
Appearance
Vigdis Ystad | |
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Born | Verdal,Norway | 13 January 1942
Died | 7 December 2019 | (aged 77)
Nationality | Norwegian |
Occupation | Literary historian |
Employer | University of Oslo |
Spouse | Daniel Haakonsen |
Vigdis Ystad(13 January 1942 – 7 December 2019) was a Norwegian literary historian.
Biography
[edit]She was born inVerdal,Norway. In 1974 she becamedr.philos.at theUniversity of Oslo. She was a university lecturer at theUniversity of Oslo1973–74, lecturer 1975–79 and professor from 1979. She was a member of theNorwegian Academy of Science and Letters,theRoyal Society of Sciences in Uppsala,the Royal Academy of Science and Antiquities, theNorwegian Academyand the Norwegian Language and Literature Society. In 2012, Vigdis Ystad was appointed a knight of the 1st class of theOrder of St. Olav. [2][1]
She was married to fellow literary historianDaniel Haakonsen(1917–1989) She died in December 2019. [3] [4]
References
[edit]- ^ab"Vigdis Ystad".Store norske leksikon(in Norwegian).Retrieved6 November2011.
- ^Sæther, Astrid."Vigdis Ystad".InHelle, Knut(ed.).Norsk biografisk leksikon(in Norwegian). Oslo: Kunnskapsforlaget.Retrieved6 November2011.
- ^"Daniel Haakonsen".Norsk Biografisk Leksikon.Retrieved1 November2020.
- ^Kulås, Guri (10 December 2019). "Vigdis Ystad".Klassekampen(in Norwegian). p. 24.