About Erik Qvam
Lived 1897 – 1979 (aged 81). Erik Qvam was a Norwegian farmer.
Erik Hafslo Qvam (12 September 1897 – 13 April 1979) was a Norwegian military officer and writer.
He was born in Kristiania as a son of customs inspector Eystein Hafslo Qvam (1865–1943) and Ragna Kathrine Erichsen (1872–1951). He was married to Friede Løvenskiold (1902–1948), the brother of Herman L. Løvenskiold and a daughter of Herman Løvenskiold, from 1928 to her death. From 1952 he was married to Nanna Burckhardt.
Qvam was a prolific writer on military and strategic questions. Smaller publications in the 1930s include Sannheten om militærvesenet (1930), Kan vi forsvare oss i en moderne krig (1930) and De store sosiale bevegelser i vår tid (1934, reissued 1935 and 1939). In 1963 he released Randstaten Norge.
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Who was Erik Qvam?
Norwegian writer
When was Erik Qvam born?
Erik Qvam was born on 12 September 1897 in Steinkjer Municipality, Oslo Municipality.
When did Erik Qvam die?
Erik Qvam died on 13 April 1979.
What was Erik Qvam's occupation?
Erik Qvam was a farmer.
What nationality was Erik Qvam?
Erik Qvam was Norwegian.
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