Arne Kildal
Appearance
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Arne Kildal (10 December 1885 – 7 December 1972) was a Norwegian author, librarian and civil servant.[1]
Background
Arne Kildal was born in
New York State Library School at Albany in 1907 and worked in the country for three years, including at the Library of Congress.[3]
Career
In 1910 he returned to Norway to become chief librarian at
Norwegian Ministry of Church and Education from 1937 to 1949. In 1949 he was appointed as the first director of the Norwegian Directorate of Public Libraries, serving until 1956. Kildal chaired the Norwegian Library Association from 1913 to 1916 and 1929 to 1933, and the Norwegian Encyclopedia (Statens folkeopplysningsråd) from 1933 to 1950.[4]
Personal life
Arne Kildal was the son of minister and Auditor General Birger Kildal (1849–1913) and Sofienlund Berger (1851–1940). In 1917 he married Helga Gjerløw (1886–1979), daughter of Professor Waldemar Christopher Brøgger (1851–1940).
Selected works
- Selected list of Norwegian and Danish books recommended for a small public library (1908)
- Speeches and new letters [of] Henrik Ibsen Tr. by Arne Kildal (1910)
- The Norway Year Book 1931. Second Year of Issue (1930)
- American influence on European librarianship (1937)
- Press and Literature Front Under Occupation, 1940-1945 (1945)
- Survey of Library of Congress Scandinavian acquisitions for the period 1945-1952 (1953)
Honours
Kildal was decorated with the
Order of Saint Olav.[5]
References
- ^ Arne Kildal (Store norske leksikon)
- ^ Arne Kildal / utdypning (Store norske leksikon)
- ^ "Public Library News", The Bloomfield Journal, Bloomfield, Nebraska, volume VIII, number 14, June 17, 1920, page 1. (subscription required)
- ^ "Statens bibliotektilsyn". Store norske leksikon. Retrieved January 1, 2016.
- ^ Sissel Nilsen. "Arne Kildal, Bibliotekar". Norsk biografisk leksikon. Retrieved January 1, 2016.