Arild Peter Haaland (13 December 1919 – 24 January 2012) was a Norwegian philosopher, literary historian, translator and non-fiction writer. He was born in

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. His thesis from 1956 was an analysis of the

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in Germany. He was decorated Knight, First Class of the

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in 1979. He received the

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in 1992. Haaland was portrayed by sculptor

Arnold Haukeland Arnold Haukeland (28 March 1920 – 18 June 1983) was a Norwegian sculptor. Biography He was born at Verdal Municipality in Nord-Trøndelag county, Norway. He was the son of Arnold Martin Haukeland (1891–1977) and Lilly Karoline Wallem (1 ...

, and by the painters

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and

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Selected works

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References

1919 births 2012 deaths 20th-century Norwegian philosophers Academic staff of the University of Bergen Academic staff of the University of Tromsø 21st-century Norwegian philosophers {{Norway-historian-stub