Johan Christian Schreiner (25 May 1903 – 8 October 1967) was a Norwegian historian. He was a professor at the

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, and his speciality was the

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Personal life

He was born in

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as a son of historian Kristian Schreiner (1874–1957) and physician and anthropologist

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(1873–1951), and grew up in

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. He was married briefly to his youth friend, later editor, Minister of Social Affairs, and member of

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, from 1928, and from 1930 he was married to Astri Høst. While he was a student he was a member of the radical political organization ''

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''. Through his brother Fredrik, Johan Schreiner was an uncle of economist and civil servant Per Schreiner.

Career

Schreiner

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his secondary education in 1921, and enrolled at the

where he majored in history in 1927. In 1933 he defended his doctorate, over timber export and trade politics in the early 17th century (''Nederland og Norge 1625–1650. Trelastutførsel og handelspolitikk''). He lectured at the University of Oslo from 1939, and was appointed professor in 1946. Following the outbreak of

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he was arrested first in February 1942, being incarcerated at Bredtveit concentration camp until March. He was later arrested in October 1943 along with other University faculty. He was incarcerated in Bredtveit concentration camp from October to November 1943, Berg concentration camp from November to December 1943 and

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from December 1943 to December 1944. In 1946 and 1947 he co-edited the two-volume book ''Griniboken'' along with

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, with contributions from several of the prisoner at Grini. He chaired the society ''Den norske historiske forening'' from 1947 to 1955, and edited the society's journal '' Historisk tidsskrift'' during the same period. He was main editor of the five volume ''Trondheim bys historie '' (1956–1973), and ''Vårt folks historie'' (1961–1964). From 1947 to 1955 he chaired the

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. He was decorated as Knight, First Class of the

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in 1965.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Schreiner, Johan 1903 births 1967 deaths People from Frogn University of Oslo alumni Academic staff of the University of Oslo 20th-century Norwegian historians Norwegian World War II memoirists Bredtveit concentration camp survivors Berg concentration camp survivors Grini concentration camp survivors Mot Dag