Ingrid Semmingsen

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Ingrid Semmingsen
Born(1910-03-29)29 March 1910
Edvard Bull, Sr.
Sverre Steen

Ingrid Elisabeth Semmingsen (29 March 1910 in Hamar, Hedmark – 31 May 1995) was a Norwegian historian. Appointed as a professor at the University of Oslo in 1963, she was the first female professor of history in Norway.

Personal life

Semmingsen was born in

Norwegian Price Directorate.[1]

Career

Semmingsen took the

cand.philol. degree in 1935 with a paper on the lower class in her native Hedmark from 1850 to 1900. She appeared in radio programs with popular singer Alf Prøysen,[2] who came from a such social background. Her grandfather and great-grandfather had both been involved in the Marcus Thrane movement. Ingrid was a member of the radical group Mot Dag for a short period.[1]

She later concentrated on American history and the

American history at the University of Oslo in 1963, as the first female professor of history in Norway.[3]

Semmingsen's appointment in American history was replaced with an appointment in general history in 1968. She again concentrated on Norwegian nineteenth-century

Odd Lovoll.[4] Lovoll has cited Semmingsen as his primary inspiration,[5] and called her body of work a "national treasure".[6]

Semmingsen was a member of the Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters from 1952, and held honorary degrees at the Uppsala University and St. Olaf College. She was also a deputy member of the Norwegian Nobel Committee.[2] Her last article was printed in 1988, and she died in 1995 in Oslo.[1]

Selected works

  • Veien mot vest (2 volumes) (1941 and 1950)
  • En verdensmakt blir til. De forente staters historie (1946)
  • Standssamfunnets oppløsning i Norge (1954)
  • Amerikabrev (1958)
  • Husmannsminner (1960)
  • Drøm og dåd. Utvandringen til Amerika (1975); translated as Norway to America: A History of the Migration (1980)

References

  1. ^ a b c d Norderval, Ingunn (2004). "Ingrid Semmingsen". In Helle, Knut (ed.). Norsk biografisk leksikon (in Norwegian). Vol. 8. Oslo: Kunnskapsforlaget. Retrieved 11 March 2009.
  2. ^ a b c d Langholm, Sivert (8 June 1995). "Ingrid Semmingsen (obituary)". Aftenposten (in Norwegian).
  3. ^
    Store norske leksikon
    (in Norwegian). Oslo: Kunnskapsforlaget. Retrieved 11 March 2009.
  4. ^ Andenæs, Ulf (26 April 2006). "Utvandringens historie skal skrives på nytt". Aftenposten (in Norwegian). Retrieved 1 December 2008.
  5. ^ Vikdal, Berit (11 November 1993). "I kong Olavs lærestol". Aftenposten (in Norwegian).
  6. ^ Vikdal, Berit (8 June 1995). "Norskamerikanernes leveforhold utforskes". Aftenposten (in Norwegian).
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