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Sverre Holm (14 May 1910 – 23 August 1996) was a Norwegian librarian, novelist, resistance member and sociologist. He was born in
Harstad ( se, Hárstták) is the second-most populated municipality in Troms og Finnmark county, Norway. It is mostly located on the large island of Hinnøya. The municipal center is the Harstad (town), town of Harstad, the most populous town in Centra ...
. Holm published the novel ''Stor konsert'' in 1938. In 1940 he helped evacuate the Norwegian gold reserves after the German attack on Norway. He later joined the
resistance movement A resistance movement is an organized effort by some portion of the civil population of a country to withstand the legally established government or an occupying power and to disrupt civil order and stability. It may seek to achieve its objective ...
, and was incarcerated in
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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 ...
from December 1944 to May 1945. He was appointed professor at 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 ...
from 1949, the first professor of
Sociology Sociology is a social science that focuses on society, human social behavior, patterns of Interpersonal ties, social relationships, social interaction, and aspects of culture associated with everyday life. It uses various methods of Empirical ...
in Norway, and held this position until his retirement in 1980.


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1910 births 1996 deaths People from Harstad Norwegian librarians Norwegian resistance members Norwegian sociologists Academic staff of the University of Oslo Prisoners and detainees of Germany Norwegian prisoners and detainees 20th-century Norwegian novelists {{Norway-writer-stub