Bård Frydenlund (born 11 July 1972) is the director (CEO) at Eidsvoll 1814 in

Norway Norway, officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Nordic countries, Nordic country located on the Scandinavian Peninsula in Northern Europe. The remote Arctic island of Jan Mayen and the archipelago of Svalbard also form part of the Kingdom of ...

. He is the former CEO at Næs Jernverksmuseum. He is an author and a historian, and has a background as researcher and teacher at IAKH – Department of Archaeology, Conservation and History,

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. His field of expertise is Norway and

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in the age of revolutions -

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, trade networks and social elites. Frydenlund was formerly head of the Student Parliament of the University of Oslo (1998) and policy advisor for former rector (vice chancellor)

Kaare R. Norum Kaare Reidar Norum (24 December 1932 – 22 November 2019) was a Norwegian physician and professor of nutrition. He served as rector of the University of Oslo from 1999 to 2001. He was born in Oslo. He was hired as a docent at the University of O ...

at the University of Oslo (2000-2001). He has been working as an advisor at the Ministry of Education and Research (2004), as book review editor at

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(2005-2009), and as board member of the University of Oslo (2010-2012). In 2009 he published the biography of Norway's first prime minister

Peder Anker Peder Anker (8 December 1749 – 10 December 1824) was a prominent Norwegian landowner, businessman and politician. He served as the first prime minister of Norway from 1814 until 1822. Biography Peder Anker was a member of a Danish-Norweg ...

. Frydenlund is currently chairman of ABM-Media AS (the media house for the archive, library and museum's sector in Norway).

Selected bibliography

External links

* Bård Frydenlund
author page
on

Gyldendal Norsk Forlag Gyldendal Norsk Forlag AS, commonly referred to as Gyldendal N.F. and in Norway often only as Gyldendal, is one of the largest Norway, Norwegian publishing houses. It was founded in 1925 after buying rights to publications from the Denmark, Dan ...

* Bård Frydenlund
author page
on

Aschehoug H. Aschehoug & Co. (W. Nygaard), commonly known as Aschehoug,() is one of the largest independent publishing companies in Norway, founded in 1872. Headquartered in Oslo, the publishing house has 480 employees. The Aschehoug group also comprises o ...

* Eidsvoll 181
website

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Frydenlund, Bard 1972 births Living people People from Ringerike (municipality) 21st-century Norwegian historians Norwegian non-fiction writers Directors of museums in Norway