Anne Marit Godal (born 20 November 1972) is a Norwegian encyclopedist. [1]
Anne Marit Godal (born 20 November 1972) is a Norwegian encyclopedist. [1]
Anne Marit Godal studied political science at the University of Oslo.
Godal has held positions in the Norwegian Labour Party and No to the EU. [2] [3]
From 2011 to 2016 she was editor-in-chief of Store norske leksikon [the Great Norwegian encyclopedia], Store medisinske leksikon (an associated medical encyclopedia), and Norsk biografisk leksikon (a biographical encyclopedia). [2]
When she took over the editorship, these works were in danger of running out of funding. Godal secured university funding for their long-term survival. [4]
From 2017 to 2021 she developed the activities of Inspiria Science Center. [5]
In 2018 Godal published an anthology of poems: Things have to change, soon, it´s coming - 100 Norwegian poems of community and fight (Alt skal bli forandra snart. 100 norske dikt om fellesskap og kamp), together with co editor Leif Høghaug. [6]
Inger Hagerup was a Norwegian writer, playwright and poet. She is considered one of the greatest Norwegian poets of the 20th century.
Britt Karin Larsen is a Norwegian poet, author and government scholar. Larsen debuted as a poet in 1978 with 5 mg blues og andre dikt, and has published many poetry collections and novels since. She is best known for her novel trilogy about Norwegian and Swedish Travellers, De som ser etter tegn (1997), De usynliges by (1998) and Sangen om løpende hester (1999). The trilogy has been called a literary monument for Romany people in Norway. Larsen was given the Norsk PEN's highest freedom prize, the Ossietzky-prisen, in 2000.
Jan Erik Vold is a Norwegian lyric poet, jazz vocal reciter, translator and author. He was a core member of the so-called "Profil generation", the circle attached to the literary magazine Profil. Throughout his career as an artist, he has had the ability to reach the public, both with his poetry and his political views. He has contributed greatly to the renewal of Norwegian poetry, and created interest in lyrical poetry. Jan Erik Vold is currently living in Stockholm.
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Events in the year 1739 in Norway.
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Geirr Lystrup is a Norwegian singer, poet, playwright and children's writer. He was born in Vinje. His debut album was Ti på taket og Måltrostblues from 1972. His album Songen om kjærligheta from 1981 was awarded Spellemannprisen. He was awarded Prøysenprisen in 1987. He has played with the music group Godtfolk, and their first album Egg og Champagne from 1988 was awarded Spellemannprisen. Among his plays is Brakar og Joanna, staged at Riksteatret at its 50th anniversary in 1999.
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Poul Edvard Poulsson was a Norwegian physician. He was born in Larvik, and was the father of lawyer Erik Tutein Poulsson and a father-in-law of Gabriel Langfeldt. Poulsson was a pioneer in pharmacology in Norway. He was appointed extraordinary professor at the University of Oslo from 1895. After his retirement as professor in 1928, he was appointed manager of the recently established Statens Vitaminlaboratorium. Among his works are Om strykninets lammende virkning from 1889, Lærebog i farmakologi for læger og studerende from 1905, and Om det fettopløselige vitamin og torskelevertran from 1923. He was a fellow of the Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters from 1894.
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