Magnús Már Lárusson (2 September 1917 – 15 January 2006) was an Icelandic theologian and historian.
He was born in
Copenhagen
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. After finishing school in 1937 he studied theology and graduated from the
University of Iceland
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in 1941. Between 1942 and 1949 he was a priest and schoolteacher, but was also employed at the University of Iceland in 1947. He became a professor of theology in 1953 and professor of history in 1968. From 1969 to 1973 he served as rector.
Magnús Már sat on the
Skálholt Committee, the board of the
Árni Magnússon Institute, the
Icelandic Bible Society from 1948 to 1964 and was vice chairman of the
Icelandic Archaeological Society from 1961 to 1986. He was a guest scholar at the
Lund University
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(where he also received an
honorary degree
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and the
University of Turku
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,
[ and was a member of the ]Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters
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History
The Royal Frederick University in Christiania was establis ...
from 1970.
References
1917 births
2006 deaths
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Members of the Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters
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