Ragnar Frislid (29 June 1926 – 14 June 2009) was a Norwegian writer, photographer and environmentalist. He was born in

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. He was a journalist in ''

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'' from 1950 to 1959. From 1965 to 1986 he edited ''Norsk Natur'', the magazine released by

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. He also edited the magazines ''Jakt-Fiske-Friluftsliv'' and ''Fjell og Vidde'' as well as the yearbook of the

Norwegian Trekking Association The Norwegian Trekking Association ( no, Den norske turistforening, DNT) is a Norwegian association which maintains mountain trails and cabins in Norway. The association was founded on 21 January 1868 with the scope "to help and develop tourism i ...

. He wrote about 30 books, and translated other books. His 1964 release ''Naturvern'' has been called the first Norwegian book about the conservation of nature. In 1969 he wrote ''Norske dyr'' ('Animals of Norway') together with Arne Semb-Johansson. His translation ''Verdens dyr'' ('Animals of the World'), from English to Norwegian in 1984, became an issue of dispute in 1992, when the publishing house

J.W. Cappelens Forlag J.W. Cappelens Forlag, usually referred to as Cappelen, was one of the oldest publishing houses of Norway. J.W. Cappelens Forlag was founded in 1829 by Jørgen Wright Cappelen, of the distinguished Cappelen family. Torger Baardseth was the dire ...

and De norske Bokklubbene arranged for the making of a second edition. Frislid demanded a new fee of in addition to the one-off fee of NOK 319,158 received in 1984. The publishing house won the trials in the district court as well as the

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, but after years of legal battle, Frislid won in the

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in 1999. Frislid also contributed to encyclopedias and radio. As a

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he was a part of the Norwegian photo agency Samfoto and an honorary member of the organization Norwegian Nature Photographers. He died in June 2009.

External links

SamfotoNorske Naturfotografer
Norwegian Nature Photographers

References

1926 births 2009 deaths Norwegian environmentalists Norwegian non-fiction writers Norwegian magazine editors Norwegian–English translators Photographers from Oslo Norwegian photojournalists Dagbladet people Norwegian nature writers Journalists from Oslo 20th-century translators 20th-century Norwegian journalists 20th-century Norwegian photographers 21st-century Norwegian photographers {{Europe-photographer-stub