Aksel Arstal, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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Norwegian geographer and lecturer
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Place of Birth: Christiania, Norway
About Aksel Arstal
- Aksel Arstal (25 August 1855 – 28 November 1940) was a Norwegian theologist, schoolteacher and geographer. He was born in Christiania to stadsingeniør Oluf Martin Andersen and Annette Fredrikke Sontum, and was a brother of pianist Hildur Andersen.He graduated as cand.theol.
- in 1876, worked as schoolteacher at various private schools, eventually as geography teacher at the Oslo Commerce School, and lectured in political geography at the university.
- His works on geography include Landomrids (1886), Geografi for Middelskolen (1899) and Norges økonomiske Geografi (1902).
- He edited Forældre og Børn (1902), a work on parents and children which had a large number of prominent contributors.
- Arstal edited the first edition of the encyclopedia Oslo byleksikon, which was published in 1938, a work which had taken several years to accomplish.He died in November 1940.
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