Carl Oscar Munthe

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Carl Oscar Munthe
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Carl Oscar Munthe (12 December 1861 – 20 December 1952) was a Norwegian military officer and historian.

Personal life

He was born in

Gerhard Munthe and writer Margrethe Munthe. He was also a nephew of historian and cartographer Gerhard Munthe and an uncle of genealogist Christopher Morgenstierne Munthe, librarian Wilhelm Munthe and painter Lagertha Munthe.[2] Through his mother he was a nephew of Andreas Leigh Aabel and Oluf Andreas Aabel, and a first cousin of Hauk Aabel
.

In September 1893 he married Valborg Bøgh (1862–1925).[3]

Career

His main career was with the military. He rose through the ranks; becoming premier lieutenant in 1886, captain in 1894, major in 1910, lieutenant colonel in 1911 and colonel in 1912. He was a teacher at the Norwegian Military Academy from 1902 to 1916. He was then the commander of Fredrikstad Fortress from 1916 to 1924 and of Bergenhus Fortress from 1924 to 1929.[3]

His first major work on military history was released in 1897, and several followed, except in the years when he was a fortress commander. The first work pertained to military officer

Frederikshald and Frederikssten followed in 1906.[1] In 1909 he biographed Johan Georg Ræder, a lieutenant colonel who lived from 1751 to 1808. After retiring as a commander, Munthe drifted away from military history, and instead drew his book topics from Medieval Norway themes.[3]

Munthe resided at Fantoft for the latter years of his life. He had an engagement in the

Dansk biografisk lexikon, Norsk biografisk leksikon and Aschehougs konversationsleksikon.[3] He died in 1952.[1]

References

  1. ^
    Store norske leksikon
    (in Norwegian). Oslo: Kunnskapsforlaget. Retrieved 23 April 2009.
  2. Store norske leksikon
    (in Norwegian). Oslo: Kunnskapsforlaget. Retrieved 23 April 2009.
  3. ^
    Brøgger, A. W. (eds.). Norsk biografisk leksikon
    (in Norwegian). Vol. 9 (1 ed.). Oslo: Aschehoug. pp. 513–514.
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