Reidar Grønhaug (2 December 1938 – 2 September 2005) was a Norwegian social anthropologist. He was born in

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. He took his mag.art. degree in 1967, and started working as a lector at the University of Bergen. He was promoted to

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in 1972, took his

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degree on the thesis ''Micro-Macro Relations: Social Organization in Antalya, Southern Turkey'' in 1975 and became a professor in 1976.

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1938 births 2005 deaths Norwegian anthropologists Social anthropologists Academic staff of the University of Bergen People from Stavanger 20th-century anthropologists {{anthropologist-stub