Jostein Nerbøvik (10 July 1938 – 18 March 2004) was a

Norwegian Norwegian, Norwayan, or Norsk may refer to: *Something of, from, or related to Norway, a country in northwestern Europe *Norwegians, both a nation and an ethnic group native to Norway *Demographics of Norway *The Norwegian language, including the ...

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. He was born in

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, and took his 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 ...

. He first worked at

Telemark University College Telemark University College (TUC, no, Høgskolen i Telemark, HiT) was, until its merger, the fourth largest university college in Norway. The University College had about 7000 students, split between four different locations in Bø, Notodden, Por ...

, then at

Volda University College Volda University College ( no, Høgskulen i Volda or HVO) is one of the no-tuition state institutions in the system of higher education in Norway. It is located in the town of Volda, Møre og Romsdal county, Norway. History HVO was established ...

. He was appointed professor there in 1993, having taken the dr.philos. degree and the

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with the thesis ''Bygdefolkets krisehjelp 1925–35''. The opponents at the dispute were

Tore Pryser Tore Pryser (born 9 January 1945) is a Norwegian historian, who has served as professor at the Lillehammer University College since 1993. Born in Oslo, he took a cand.philol. degree at the University of Oslo. He was appointed at the Lillehamm ...

and

Hans Fredrik Dahl Hans Fredrik Dahl (born 16 October 1939) is a Norwegian historian, journalist and media scholar, best known in the English-speaking world for his biography of Vidkun Quisling, a Nazi collaborationist and Minister President for Norway during the ...

. Nerbøvik was also instrumental in establishing the

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. In 1973 Nerbøvik published his most well-known book; the general overview ''Norsk historie 1870–1905''. It was later remade into ''Norsk historie 1860–1914. Eit bondesamfunn i oppbrot'', published in 1999 as volume three of '' Samlagets norske historie'', a series on Norwegian history spanning the years 800 to 2000. As the title indicates, Nerbøvik stressed the activity of the Norwegian rural populace in the

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process in the second half of the nineteenth century. He died in March 2004 at

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, having gone through a lengthy struggle with cancer.

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20th-century Norwegian historians University of Oslo alumni Academic staff of Telemark University College Academic staff of Volda University College People from Møre og Romsdal People from Volda Nynorsk-language writers 1938 births 2004 deaths {{Norway-historian-stub