About Ivar Eskeland
Lived 1927 – 2005 (aged 78). Ivar Eskeland was a Norwegian linguist, translator, writer, literary critic, biographer and philologist.
Ivar Eskeland (30 November 1927 – 23 December 2005) was a Norwegian philologist, publisher, translator, biographer, literary critic, newspaper editor, theatre worker, radio personality and organizational leader.
Career He was born in Stord Municipality as a son of headmaster Severin Eskeland (1880–1964) and Olga Dorothea Olsen (1886–1975). He was a nephew of Lars Eskeland. He finished his secondary education at Valler, graduated from Stord Teachers' College in 1949 and from the University of Oslo in 1955 with the cand.philol. degree.
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Who was Ivar Eskeland?
Norwegian publisher (1927-2005)
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Ivar Eskeland was born on 30 November 1927 in Stord Municipality.
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Ivar Eskeland died on 23 December 2005.
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Ivar Eskeland was a linguist, translator, writer, literary critic, biographer and philologist.
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Ivar Eskeland was Norwegian.
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