Åse Gruda Skard

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Åse Gruda Skard
Åse Gruda Skard (right) with her mother Karen Grude Koht in 1922.

Åse Gruda Skard (born December 2, 1905 in Kristiania , † August 13, 1985 in Bærum ) was a Norwegian university teacher, child psychologist and author. She is considered a pioneer in the areas of child development and child psychology.

Life

She was born in Kristiania (now Oslo ) in 1905 as the daughter of Halvdan Koht (1873-1965) and Karen Elisabeth Grude (1871-1960). Her father was a historian and professor at the University of Oslo . Her mother was an educator, author and suffragette, and her brother Paul Koht was a diplomat and ambassador.

In 1931 she received a master's degree in psychology from the University of Oslo. After studying in the USA for a year, she returned to Norway and from 1933 worked as a research assistant at the Psychological Faculty of the University of Oslo.

During the German occupation of Norway from 1940 to 1945, she lived in the United States and taught at Wilson College in Chambersburg ( Pennsylvania ). After the liberation of Norway, she taught psychology with a focus on child psychology at the University of Oslo from 1947 to 1973.

In 1934 she founded the Norwegian Association of Psychologists ( Norsk psykologforening ) and was its chairman from 1945 to 1949. From 1936 to 1970, she published the journal Norsk Pedagogisk Tidsskrift . She has also written 24 books and nearly 2,000 specialist articles.

family

She was married to the writer Sigmund Skard , who was also a professor of literature at the University of Oslo. She had five children, including twins Målfrid Grude Flekkøy (1936–2013) and Torild Skard (* 1936), who worked as psychologists and connected to UNICEF . The son Halvdan Skard (* 1939) became chairman of the Norwegian Cultural Council .

In 1980 Åse Gruda Skard was promoted to knight 1st class of the St. Olav Order and was awarded an honorary doctorate from the University of Bergen .

Skard died at 79 in 1985 and was buried in Haslum churchyard in Bærum .

Works (selection)

  • Pedagogisk psykologi (1937, with Karen Grude Koht )
  • Barn i vardagslivet (1940)
  • Ungene våre (1948)
  • Vanlige vansker med vanlige barn (1965)
  • Praktisk barnepsykologi (1972)
  • Liv laga. Ei minnebok 1905-1940 (1985)

Web links

Commons : Åse Gruda Skard  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Åse Gruda Skard. In: Lokalhistoriewiki.no. Retrieved May 1, 2018 (Norwegian Bokmål).
  2. ↑ Ottar Grepstad: Åse Gruda Skard. In: Allkune. July 25, 2017, accessed on May 1, 2018 (Norwegian Bokmål).
  3. ↑ a b c Edvard Befring: Åse Gruda Skard . In: Knut Helle (Ed.): Norsk biografisk leksikon . Kunnskapsforlaget, Oslo (Norwegian Bokmål, snl.no [accessed March 19, 2010]).
  4. ↑ a b Åse Gruda Skard . In: Store norske leksikon . Kunnskapsforlaget, Oslo (Norwegian Bokmål, snl.no [accessed March 19, 2010]).
  5. ↑ Bjørn Vidar Johansen: Åse Gruda Skard: Norges nanny. University of Oslo, accessed May 1, 2018 (Norwegian Bokmål).
  6. ↑ Hvem var Åse Gruda Skard? Norsk psykologforening, accessed on May 1, 2018 (Norwegian Bokmål).
  7. ↑ Haslum kirkegård (Bærum). In: Lokalhistoriewiki.no. Retrieved May 1, 2018 (Norwegian Bokmål).
personal data
SURNAME Skard, Åse Gruda
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Norwegian university professor, child psychologist and author
DATE OF BIRTH December 2, 1905
PLACE OF BIRTH Kristiania
DATE OF DEATH August 13, 1985
Place of death Bærum