Cato Wadel (29 March 1936 − 21 April 2011) was a Norwegian social anthropologist. He was born in Oslo, but grew up in Flekkefjord. He graduated from the University of Bergen in 1966 and was hired as assistant professor at the

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in 1967. He returned to Norway as

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at the University of Oslo in 1970, then at the University of Tromsø from 1972. He was a professor in Tromsø from 1974 to 1983, then associate professor at

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from 1986 and professor from 1993 to 2005. In addition he resumed his tenure at the University of Tromsø as

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from 1990. Wadel studied peripheral communities in Norway and

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, often fisher's' communities. His 1977 article "Hva er arbeid" ("What is Labour") was included in the Norwegian Sociology Canon. He died 75 years old in Flekkefjord.

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1936 births 2011 deaths People from Flekkefjord University of Bergen alumni Academic staff of the Memorial University of Newfoundland Academic staff of the University of Oslo Academic staff of the University of Bergen Academic staff of the University of Stavanger Norwegian anthropologists Norwegian expatriates in Canada {{Norway-academic-bio-stub