About Asbjørn Øverås
Lived 1896 – 1966 (aged 70). Asbjørn Øverås was a Norwegian historian.
Asbjørn Øverås (4 April 1896, in Nesset Municipality, Møre og Romsdal – 13 October 1966) was a Norwegian educator.
Born in Nesset Municipality, he worked as a headmaster in Orkdal Municipality from 1923. Having taken the dr.philos. degree in 1937, he worked as principal of Trondheim Cathedral School from 1938 to 1966. Influenced by Grundtvig as an educator, he edited the journal Norsk pedagogisk tidsskrift from 1941 to 1945. He was the chairman of Noregs Mållag from 1949 to 1952.
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Who was Asbjørn Øverås?
Norwegian writer (1896–1966)
When was Asbjørn Øverås born?
Asbjørn Øverås was born on 4 April 1896 in Nesset municipality, Molde Municipality.
When did Asbjørn Øverås die?
Asbjørn Øverås died on 13 October 1966 in Trondheim municipality.
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Asbjørn Øverås was a historian.
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Asbjørn Øverås was Norwegian.
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