Fredrik Engelstad

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Fredrik Engelstad
Born (1944-03-12) March 12, 1944 (age 78)
NationalityNorwegian
Scientific career
FieldsSociology

Fredrik Engelstad (born 12 March 1944) is a Norwegian sociologist. He has written several books.

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He is the son of writer Carl Fredrik Engelstad and physician Vibeke Engelstad, and a nephew of archivist Sigurd Engelstad. He is married to professor Irene Johnson. [1]

Engelstad earned the mag.art. degree in 1974 and the dr.philos. degree in 1989. [2] He was director of the Norwegian Institute for Social Research from 1986 to 2007. [3] From 1990 to 2007 he held a part-time position as Professor of Sociology at the University of Oslo. He became a full-time Professor of Sociology at the University of Oslo in 2008 and became Professor Emeritus in 2014. [4] [5]

He has been a visiting fellow at Yale University (1981), the University of California, Berkeley (1993), the University of Chicago (1996) and the Northwestern University (2006).[ citation needed ]

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References

  1. Schilbred, C. S.; Terje Bratberg (2007). "Engelstad – slekt etter Hans Henrich Glæser". In Henriksen, Petter (ed.). Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Oslo: Kunnskapsforlaget. Retrieved 1 March 2009.
  2. Fredrik Engelstad, University of Oslo
  3. "Fredrik Engelstad" (in Norwegian). Dept. of Sociology and Human Geography, University of Oslo. 20 February 2009. Archived from the original on June 7, 2009. Retrieved 1 March 2009.
  4. Fredrik Engelstad, University of Oslo
  5. Berg, Ole T. (2007). "Institutt for samfunnsforskning". In Henriksen, Petter (ed.). Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Oslo: Kunnskapsforlaget. Retrieved 1 March 2009.
  6. "Fredrik Engelstad mottok hederspris". Archived from the original on 2017-01-04. Retrieved 2017-01-03.