Halvard Grude Forfang (24 December 1914 – 6 July 1987) was a Norwegian educator. He was born in

Bærum Bærum () is a municipality in the Greater Oslo Region in Norway that forms an affluent suburb of Oslo on the west coast of the city. Bærum is Norway's fifth largest municipality with a population of 128,760 (2021). It is part of the electoral ...

as a son of chemical engineer Einar Forfang (1881–1950) and Agnes Grude (1885–1958). He was a nephew of Karen Grude Koht. His home environment was marked by the ''norskdom'' movement; his family was a member of

Noregs Mållag Noregs Mållag (literally "Language Organisation of Norway") is the main organisation for Norwegian Nynorsk (New Norwegian), one of the two official written standards of the Norwegian language. In the Norwegian language conflict, it advocates the ...

. He

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his secondary education at Stabekk Municipal Higher Education School in 1934, and took the cand.philol. degree at the

University of Oslo The University of Oslo ( no, Universitetet i Oslo; la, Universitas Osloensis) is a public research university located in Oslo, Norway. It is the highest ranked and oldest university in Norway. It is consistently ranked among the top universit ...

in 1941. He worked as a teacher in Hartmann's boarding school in Asker and Lillehammer Municipal Higher Education School. Later he started to work in the

Nansen Academy The Nansen Academy – Norwegian Humanistic Academy ( no, Nansenskolen – Norsk Humanistisk Akademi) is a folk high school in Lillehammer, Norway. History Nansen Academy was founded as a humanist and anti-totalitarian institution. The school was ...

from 1946 to 1971. He was responsible with rebuilding the school, which was closed during the

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. After stepping down as rector he continued as a teacher, finally retiring in 1981. His books include a two-volumes history on the Nansen Academy, released in 1977 and 1982, and a 1945 biography about

Ivar Kleiven Ivar Kleiven (10 July 1854 – 19 February 1934) was a Norway, Norwegian politician, historian and poet. He is most remembered as a collector of local folklore. Background Ivar Jakobsson Kleven was born in Vågå, Oppland. Kleven grew up on the sm ...

, which was originally his master's thesis. He died in July 1987 in Lillehammer.

Works

*Ivar Kleiven 1854-1934 , 1945 *In the spirit of Nansen , in The Norseman No. 4/1963 *Nansen School 1936-1940. Two friends' dream and deed , 1977 *Nansen School 1946-1971 , 1982 *Voltaire in Vågå , 1982 *Paul Botten Hansen and the Dutch circle. Literated and book collector in a national cave. A left manuscript , Lillehammer 1990

References

1914 births 1987 deaths People from Bærum People from Lillehammer University of Oslo alumni Heads of schools in Norway {{Edu-bio-stub