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Gunhild Hagestad
Gunhild Oline Hagestad (born 6 November 1942) is a retired Norwegian sociologist and a former assistant professor at Agder University College. Her research interests have focused on the sociology of aging. Personal life Hagestad was born in Birkenes on 6 November 1942, a daughter of Tønnes Hagestad and Bertha Stapnes. She was married to György Bisztray from 1966 to 1975. Career Hagestad studied in the United States, where she graduated with a PhD from the University of Minnesota in 1975, with the thesis ''Middle aged women and their children''. From 1975 to 1978 she was assistant professor at the University of Chicago, and from 1978 to 1987 at the Pennsylvania State University, and associate professor at the Northwestern University in Chicago. She was appointed professor at the University of Oslo in 1994, and at the Agder University College/University of Agder from 1997. She is a fellow of the Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters The Norwegian Academy of Science and L ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Birkenes
Birkenes is a municipality in Agder county, Norway. It is located in the traditional district of Sørlandet. The administrative centre of the municipality is the village of Birkeland, where about half the municipal population lives. Other villages in Birkenes include Ås, Engesland, Flakk, Håbbesland, Herefoss, Mollestad, Oggevatn, Rugsland, Senumstad, Søre Herefoss, Svaland, Tveide, and Væting. The municipality is the 183rd largest by area out of the 356 municipalities in Norway. Birkenes is the 174th most populous municipality in Norway with a population of 5,342. The municipality's population density is and its population has increased by 10.6% over the previous 10-year period. General information Name The municipality (originally the parish) is named after the old ''Birkenes'' farm ( non, Birkines), since the first Birkenes Church was built there. The first element is ''birki'' which means "birch wood" and the last element is ''nes'' which means " headl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
