Kari Vogt (born 3 April 1939) is a Norwegian

religious historian The history of religion refers to the written record of human religious feelings, thoughts, and ideas. This period of religious history begins with the invention of writing about 5,200 years ago (3200 BC). The prehistory of religion involves th ...

. She has written several books, and been a board member of the

Norwegian Academy of Literature and Freedom of Expression The Norwegian Academy of Literature and Freedom of Expression (''Det Norske Akademi for Litteratur og Ytringsfrihet'') is a Norwegian institution, founded by the poet Knut Ødegård in 2003, and also called ''Bjørnstjerne Bjørnson-Akademiet''. ...

, and of the Norwegian chapter of

PEN International PEN International (known as International PEN until 2010) is a worldwide association of writers, founded in London in 1921 to promote friendship and intellectual co-operation among writers everywhere. The association has autonomous Internationa ...

Personal life

Vogt was born in

Oslo Oslo ( , , or ; sma, Oslove) is the capital and most populous city of Norway. It constitutes both a county and a municipality. The municipality of Oslo had a population of in 2022, while the city's greater urban area had a population of ...

to physician Erik Theodor Vogt and psychologist Bodil Therese Tandberg, and is a niece of linguist Hans Vogt and electronics engineer

Vebjørn Tandberg Vebjørn Tandberg (16 September 1904 – 30 August 1978) was a Norwegian electronics engineer. Tandberg was born at Bodø in Nordland, Norway. He attended the Norwegian Institute of Technology in Trondheim (1930). He founded '' Tandbergs R ...

Career

Vogt graduated in religious studies from 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 1965, with the thesis ''Urmenneskeskikkelsen i de manikeiske Thomas-salmene'', and also studied in Paris. She was appointed at the University of Oslo from 1967. Her books include ''Islams hus'' from 1993, ''Kommet for å bli'' from 1995, ''Reise i Iran'' from 1997, and ''Islam på norsk'' from 2000. She has been board member of the

and the Norwegian chapter of

. She received the

Fritt Ord Honorary Award Fritt Ord Award consists of two prizes awarded by the Fritt Ord Foundation (''Stiftelsen Fritt Ord''). Two prizes are awarded in support of freedom of speech and freedom of expression; the Fritt Ord Award ( no, Fritt Ords pris) and the Fritt Or ...

for 1996.

References

1939 births Living people Norwegian women historians Religion academics University of Oslo alumni Academic staff of the University of Oslo 20th-century Norwegian historians {{norway-academic-bio-stub