Knut Helle
Knut Helle | |
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Born | medieval history urban history | 19 December 1930
Institutions | University of Bergen |
Knut Helle (19 December 1930 – 27 June 2015) was a Norwegian historian.[1] A professor at the University of Bergen from 1973 to 2000, he specialized in the late medieval history of Norway. He has contributed to several large works.
Early life, education and marriage
He was born in Larvik as the son of school inspector Hermann Olai Helle (1893–1973) and teacher Berta Marie Malm (1906–1991).[2] He was the older brother of politician Ingvar Lars Helle.[3] The family moved to Hetland when Knut Helle was seventeen years old.[2]
He took the
Career
Helle was a
Helle also made his mark by contributing to larger historical works. In 1982 he published Kongssete og kjøpstad. Fra opphavet til 1536, volume one of Bergen bys historie, the history of Bergen. He was involved in the editorial work of both Aschehougs verdenshistorie and Aschehougs norgeshistorie, general works on global and Norwegian history from the publishing house Aschehoug. In the former series he published volume five—Nomadefolk og høykultur 1000-1300— in 1984, and in the latter series he published volume three—Under kirke og kongemakt 1130–1350— in 1995. He also was a member of the editorial committee of Oslo bys historie and Norsk utviklingshjelps historie,[2] and led the editorial committee of the Norsk biografisk leksikon,[5] which was published in ten volumes between 1999 and 2005.[2] In 2006 Helle published Norsk byhistorie: urbanisering gjennom 1300 år together with Finn-Einar Eliassen, Jan Eivind Myhre and Ola Svein Stugu.[6]
Helle was the vice
References
- ^ "Nekrolog: Knut Helle" (in Norwegian). Aftenposten. 6 July 2015. Retrieved 16 August 2015.
- ^ a b c d e f g h Dahl, Ottar (2001). "Knut Helle". In Helle, Knut (ed.). Norsk biografisk leksikon (in Norwegian). Vol. 4. Oslo: Kunnskapsforlaget. Retrieved 13 March 2009.
- Store norske leksikon(in Norwegian). Oslo: Kunnskapsforlaget. Retrieved 13 March 2009.
- ISBN 82-521-5544-8.
- Store norske leksikon(in Norwegian). Oslo: Kunnskapsforlaget. Retrieved 13 March 2009.
- ^ Solheim, Trygve (9 January 2007). "Urbanisering gjennom 1300 år". Apollon (in Norwegian). Archived from the original on 22 June 2007. Retrieved 13 March 2009.
- ^ "Historikk" (in Norwegian). Norwegian Historical Association. Archived from the original on 13 April 2014. Retrieved 28 April 2011.