Orm Øverland

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Orm Harald Øverland (17 May 1935 – 1 December 2021) was a Norwegian literary historian.

He was born in

Norwegian-Americans.[1][2][3]

At the University of Bergen, Øverland headed the Institute of English Studies from 1974 to 1975 before serving as

dean of the Faculty of Humanities from 1979 to 1982. During his period as dean he also sat on the university board (then called the Academic college), which he did again from 1987 to 1989, before heading the Institute of English Studies again in 1991 and 1993–1995. He was engaged in administering the international exchange of postgraduate students to and from the United States, Canada and Lithuania in particular.[3]

He has been a board member of the Western Norway Emigration Center, the European Association for American Studies, the Coimbra Group, president of the Nordic Association for American Studies and editor of the journal American Studies in Scandinavia. Øverland became a member of the Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters in 1994, received the King's Medal of Merit in gold in 2003[2] and was given an honorary degree at the Vytautas Magnus University in 2007.[4]

He resided for many years at Nygård, Bergen,[2] but died in December 2021 in Aukra.[3]

References

  1. ^ "Orm Harald Øverland 60 år 17. mai" (in Norwegian). Norwegian News Agency. 26 April 1995.
  2. ^ a b c "70 år 17. mai: Professor Orm Øverland" (in Norwegian). Norwegian News Agency. 27 April 2005.
  3. ^ a b c Breivik, Leiv Egil (7 December 2021). "Orm Øverland (1935-2021)". Khrono (in Norwegian). Retrieved 27 December 2021.
  4. ^ "75 år 17. mai: Professor emeritus Orm Øverland" (in Norwegian). Norwegian News Agency. 7 May 2010.
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