Per Thomas Andersen
Norwegian historian
About Per Thomas Andersen
Lived 1954 – 2023 (aged 69). Per Thomas Andersen was a Norwegian literary historian, literary scholar, university teacher and man of letters.
Per Thomas Andersen (8 February 1954 – 13 December 2023) was a Norwegian literary historian and novelist.
He was appointed professor at the University of Tromsø from 1992, and at the University of Oslo from 1993. His thesis from 1992 treated the decadence of Scandinavian literature of the period from 1880 to 1900. Among his other scientific works are Stein Mehren – en logosdikter from 1982, Norsk litteraturhistorie from 2001, and Tankevaser from 2003. He published the novels Hold in 1985 and Arr in 1992. In 2023 he received the King's Medal of Merit.
Andersen died in Sandvika on 13 December 2023, at the age of 69.
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Norwegian historian
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Per Thomas Andersen was born on 8 February 1954 in Oslo.
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Per Thomas Andersen died on 13 December 2023 in Sandvika.
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Per Thomas Andersen was a literary historian, literary scholar, university teacher and man of letters.
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