Narve Fulsås (born 17 December 1953) is a Norwegian historian. He was born in Numedal. He took his cand.philol. degree in 1983, and the

dr.philos. A Doctor of Philosophy (PhD, DPhil; or ) is a terminal degree that usually denotes the highest level of academic achievement in a given discipline and is awarded following a course of graduate study and original research. The name of the deg ...

degree in 1994. In 1998 he was appointed as a professor of modern history at the

University of Tromsø The University of Tromsø – The Arctic University of Norway ( Norwegian: ''Universitetet i Tromsø – Norges arktiske universitet''; Northern Sami: ''Romssa universitehta – Norgga árktalaš universitehta'') is a state university in Norway a ...

. He was selected to the

Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters The Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters (, DNVA) is a learned society based in Oslo, Norway. Its purpose is to support the advancement of science and scholarship in Norway. History The Royal Frederick University in Christiania was establis ...

in 2011. His books include ''Universitetet i Tromsø 25 år'' (1993), ''Historie og nasjon. Ernst Sars og striden om norsk kultur'' (1999) og ''Havet, døden og vêret. Kulturell modernisering i Kyst-Noreg 1850-1950'' (2003). He has also published

Henrik Ibsen Henrik Johan Ibsen (; ; 20 March 1828 – 23 May 1906) was a Norwegian playwright, poet and actor. Ibsen is considered the world's pre-eminent dramatist of the 19th century and is often referred to as "the father of modern drama." He pioneered ...

's letters with comments. In 2000 he won a prize from the Faculty of History and Philosophy at the

University of Oslo The University of Oslo (; ) is a public university, public research university located in Oslo, Norway. It is the List of oldest universities in continuous operation#Europe, oldest university in Norway. Originally named the Royal Frederick Univ ...

for his work on

Ernst Sars Johan Ernst Welhaven Sars (11 October 1835 – 27 January 1917) was a Norwegian professor, historian, author and editor. Assuming perspectives from the positivism philosophical school, his main work was ''Udsigt over den norske Historie'', f ...

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1953 births Living people 20th-century Norwegian historians Academic staff of the University of Tromsø Henrik Ibsen researchers Members of the Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters 21st-century Norwegian historians {{Norway-historian-stub