Knut Kjeldstadli (born 6 June 1948, in

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) is a Norwegian historian. Kjeldstadli completed his

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Oslo Cathedral School Schola Osloensis, known in Norwegian language, Norwegian as Oslo Katedralskole (''Oslo Cathedral School'') and more commonly as "Katta",

in 1967 before studying English and social economics at the

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, where he completed his master in history in 1977. He took his doctorate in 1989 with the paper ''Jerntid. Fabrikksystem og arbeidere ved Christiania Spigerverk og Kværner Brug fra om lag 1890 til 1940''. He became adjunct professor at the

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in 1992, and then professor at the

in 1996. He is a member of the

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. Kjeldstadli is also involved in politics, in the Socialist Left Party as well as

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. Kjeldstadli was awarded the

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in 2003 for serving as editor of ''Norsk innvandringshistorie''. He was also a recipient of the Sverre Steen Award in 2004. He was the son of historian Sverre Kjeldstadli, paternal grandson of trade unionist Lars Kjeldstadli, maternal grandson of editor Daniel Grini and grandnephew of politician

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Selected bibliography

*''Det Norske Arbeiderpartiet: fra folkebevegelse til statsstøtte'', 1973 *''"Arbeider, bonde, våre hære..." – Arbeiderpartiet og bøndene 1930–1939'', 1978 *''Jerntid. Fabrikksystem og arbeidere ved Christiania Spigerverk og Kværner Brug fra om lag 1890 til 1940'', 1989 *''Den delte byen: 1900–1948'', 1990 (volume 4 in ''Oslo bys historie'') *''Fortida er ikke hva den engang var. En innføring i historiefaget'', 1992 *''Et splittet folk 1905–35'', 1994 (volume 10 in ''Aschehougs Norgeshistorie'') *''Oslo – spenningenes by- oslohistorie, 1995, with

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*''Norsk innvandringshistorie'' (ed.), 2004 *''Akademisk kapitalisme'', 2010

References

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