Edvard Beyer
Edvard (Freydar) Beyer (born October 6, 1920 in Haugesund ; † November 11, 2003 ) was a Norwegian literary historian . From 1958 until his retirement in 1990 he was professor of northern European literature at the University of Oslo .
Beyer grew up in Bergen, where his father Harald was a teacher and later a professor of European literature. In 1953 Edvard Beyer was first a lecturer at the university there, then in 1958 a professor in Oslo. Since 1959 he was a member of the Norwegian Academy of Sciences . He was also active on the Norwegian Cultural Council .
Edvard Beyer wrote biographies about Hans E. Kinck , on whom he also wrote his doctoral thesis, as well as Henrik Ibsen , Nordahl Grieg and Knut Hamsun . After the death of his father, he expanded his six-volume Norges litteraturhistorie (Norwegian literary history).
In 1997 Beyer was awarded the Knight's Cross, First Class, of the Order of Saint Olav .
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- Horst Bien and others: Meyers Taschenlexikon Northern European Literatures, Leipzig 1978
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| SURNAME | Beyer, Edvard |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Beyer, Edvard Freydar |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Norwegian literary historian and professor |
| DATE OF BIRTH | October 6, 1920 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Haugesund |
| DATE OF DEATH | November 11, 2003 |