Asbjørn Øverås (4 April 1896, in

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– 13 October 1966) was a Norwegian educator. Born in

, he worked as a headmaster in

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from 1923. Having taken the dr.philos. degree in 1937, he worked as principal of Trondheim Cathedral School from 1938 to 1966. Influenced by Grundtvig as an educator, he edited the journal '' Norsk pedagogisk tidsskrift'' from 1941 to 1945. He was the chairman of

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from 1949 to 1952.

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1896 births 1966 deaths People from Nesset Noregs Mållag leaders Norwegian educators {{Norway-writer-stub