Dagfinn Mannsåker, Date of Birth, Date of Death

Dagfinn Mannsåker

Norwegian historian

Date of Birth: 30-Jun-1916

Date of Death: 16-Jul-1994

Profession: historian, archivist, contributing editor

Nationality: Norway

Zodiac Sign: Cancer

Dagfinn Mannsåker (born 30 June 1916 – 16 July 1994) was a Norwegian archivist and historian. He was born at Ullensvang in Hordaland, Norway.
He was the brother of Bergfrid Fjose.
He took the dr.philos.
degree in 1955, on the thesis Det norske presteskapet i det nittande hundreåret.
Sosialhistoriske studiar.
He worked as a school teacher from 1954 to 1959, lecturer at the University of Oslo from 1959 to 1965 and national archivist from 1965 to 1982.
He edited the academic journal Historisk Tidsskrift for many years, and contributed to Norsk Biografisk Leksikon.
From 1966 to 1972 he chaired the Norwegian Historical Association (Den norske historiske forening).