Kolbjørn Fjeld (4 June 1901 – 4 May 1978) was a Norwegian librarian and

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. He chaired the publishing house

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between 1933 and 1971.

Biography

Fjeld was born in

Eidskog Municipality Eidskog is a municipality in Innlandet county, Norway. It is located in the traditional district of Vinger. The administrative centre of the municipality is the village of Skotterud. Other villages in the municipality include Magnor, Matrand, ...

on 4 June 1901, a son of schoolteacher Ole Fjeld and Sofie Gundersen. In 1933 he married dentist Randi Utheim Medbø. He worked for the library Deichmanske bibliotek from 1919 to 1933. He graduated as a master of science from the

Columbia University Columbia University in the City of New York, commonly referred to as Columbia University, is a Private university, private Ivy League research university in New York City. Established in 1754 as King's College on the grounds of Trinity Churc ...

in 1930. From 1933 to 1971 he chaired the publishing house

(except during World War II, when the occupants had the company closed). He died in

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on 4 May 1978.

References

1901 births 1978 deaths People from Eidskog Librarians from Oslo Norwegian publishers (people) Columbia University alumni {{library-bio-stub