Berge Furre
Berge Ragnar Furre (13 April 1937 – 11 January 2016) was a Norwegian historian,
Early life and career
Furre was born in
Furre finally graduated with a
Political career
National politics
Furre was a member of the Norwegian Parliament for the Socialist Left Party from 1973 to 1977, representing the county Rogaland. During this term he chaired the Standing Committee on Agriculture, and was a member of the Election Committee and the Enlarged Committee on Foreign Affairs. He was the party leader from 1976 to 1983, having formerly been a central committee member in 1961–1964 and 1969–1971 and then deputy leader from 1971 to 1976.[2]
Academic career
Having left the University of Tromsø when elected to Parliament in 1973, he returned in 1975 as a lecturer. He held this position until 1985, when he was promoted to professor. However, he held this position for only one year. In 1986 he instead involved himself in Christian work. He held a number of positions: he was a member of the Church of Norway General Synod, the Diocese Council of Oslo and the Church of Norway Council on Ecumenical and International Relations. Furre became a professor of church history at the University of Oslo in 1991. He was also a board member of Church City Mission from 1992 to 2000. He was ordained a priest in 1998 and retired in 2007.[2]
He was also a member of the
Furre became a member of the
Publications
Furre wrote a number of books, particularly on historical and political topics. Furre's book: Norsk historie 1905-1990: vårt hundreår, is used as a general introduction to Norwegian history at several universities and university colleges.
- 1990 Soga om Lars Oftedal Lars Oftedal
- 1992 Norsk historie 1905-1990 : vårt hundreår (History of Norway 1905-1990 : our century) ISBN 82-521-3487-4
- 2000 Norsk historie 1914-2000 Industrisamfunnet - frå vokstervisse til framtidstvil (History of Norway 1914-2000) ISBN 978-82-521-5187-9
References
- ^ Stavanger Aftenblad, NTB og Karen Tjernshaugen. "Berge Furre er død". Aftenposten.
- ^ a b c d e f "Berge Furre" (in Norwegian). Storting.
- ^ "Berge Furre" (in Norwegian). Norwegian Broadcasting Corporation. 3 February 2005. Retrieved 10 February 2009. [dead link]
- ^ Stortinget, Møte mandag den 16. desember kl. 10 1996. Sak nr. 1: Redegjørelse av statsministeren i tilknytning til meldingen av 5. desember 1996 fra Stortingets kontrollutvalg for etterretnings-, overvåknings- og sikkerhetstjenesten. Archived 2005-02-27 at the Wayback Machine Government.no (in Norwegian)
External links
Media related to Berge Furre at Wikimedia Commons
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