About Arild Haaland
Lived 1919 – 2012 (aged 92). Arild Haaland was a Norwegian philosopher, non-fiction writer and literary historian.
Arild Peter Haaland (13 December 1919 – 24 January 2012) was a Norwegian philosopher, literary historian, translator and non-fiction writer. He was born in Bergen. His thesis from 1956 was an analysis of the Nazism in Germany. He was decorated Knight, First Class of the Order of St. Olav in 1979. He received the Fritt Ord Award in 1992. Haaland was portrayed by sculptor Arnold Haukeland, and by the painters Odd Nerdrum and Karl Erik Harr.
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Who was Arild Haaland?
philosopher
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Arild Haaland was born on 13 December 1919 in Bergen, Bergen Municipality.
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Arild Haaland died on 24 January 2012 in Norway.
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Arild Haaland was a philosopher, non-fiction writer and literary historian.
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Arild Haaland was Norwegian.
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