''Pax Leksikon'' is a
Norwegian
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encyclopedia
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published in six volumes by the Norwegian publishing house
Pax Forlag
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The first manager was Tor Bjerkmann, who chaired the company from 1964 to 1972.
Starting with Bjerkmann's new translation of George Orwell's ''Animal Farm'', Pax published 150 qu ...
from 1978 to 1981.
Editors were
Hans Fredrik Dahl
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,
Jon Elster
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,
Irene Iversen
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Tor Inge Romøren
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,
Rune Slagstad
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and
Mariken Vaa Mariken is a medieval Dutch name (Modern Dutch ''Marijke''), and may refer to:
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List of volumes
This is a list of the six volumes of the encyclopedia ''Pax Leksikon'' ( for all volumes 1–6).
*Volume 1: A-B. Published 1978 ()
*Volume 2: C-G. Published 1979 ()
*Volume 3: H-Ks. Published 1979 ()
*Volume 4: Ku-N. Published 1980 ()
*Volume 5: O-Sn. Published 1980 ()
*Volume 6: So-Å. Published 1981 ()
References
External links
* Online version.
Norwegian encyclopedias
Pax Forlag books
1978 non-fiction books
20th-century encyclopedias
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