Jon Marius Sæland Haarberg (born 1953) is a Norwegian literary scholar, and professor of literature at the

University of Oslo The University of Oslo ( no, Universitetet i Oslo; la, Universitas Osloensis) is a public research university located in Oslo, Norway. It is the highest ranked and oldest university in Norway. It is consistently ranked among the top univers ...

Career and work

Haarberg was an editor and later editor-in-chief of the publisher

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from 1984 to 1992, when he became a research fellow at the

. He later became an associate professor and was promoted to full professor of literature in 2003. His books include ''Vinje på vrangen'' (1985), ''Parody and the Praise of Folly'' (1997), ''Verdenslitteratur: Den vestlige tradisjonen'' (2007) and ''Nei, vi elsker ikke lenger: Litteraturen og nasjonen'' (2017). As a literary researcher, Haarberg has worked in the borderland between philology and literary studies. He is also known for the historical-critical edition of

Petter Dass Petter Pettersen Dass (c. 1647 – 17 August 1707) was a Lutheran priest and the foremost Norwegian poet of his generation, writing both baroque hymns and topographical poetry. Biography He was born at Northern Herøy ( Dønna), Nordlan ...

' ''Katekismesanger'' (Catechism Songs).

Honours

He was elected as a member of the

Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters The Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters ( no, Det Norske Videnskaps-Akademi, DNVA) is a learned society based in Oslo, Norway. Its purpose is to support the advancement of science and scholarship in Norway. History The Royal Frederick Unive ...

in 2009. He received the Article of the Year – Scandinavian University Press Academic Journal Prize in 2012.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Haarberg, Jon Living people Norwegian literary historians Academic staff of the University of Oslo Members of the Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters 1953 births