Mentz Schulerud (19 October 1915 – 18 May 2003) was a

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author, radio personality and theatre director. He was known for his encyclopaedic knowledge of the city of

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. Schulerud was born in

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, but grew up in Rena, Lillehammer and

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as the older brother of the famous

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author

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. Schulerud took his

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degree in 1941. During the

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he was involved in a Norwegian resistance group called 830-S. For his work in the Norwegian illegal press, he was incarcerated at

Grini concentration camp '', '' no, Grini fangeleir'', location= Bærum, Viken, Norway, location map=Viken#Norway, built by=Norway, original use=Constructed as a women's prison, operated by=Nazi Germany, notable inmates=List of Grini prisoners, liberated by=Harry Söderm ...

in 1944. After the war, was hired as programme secretary in the

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, in 1946. He was later subeditor from 1959 to 1962. During this period he also worked as editor-in-chief of the literary magazine ''

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'' from 1959 to 1963. In 1962 he left the Norwegian Broadcasting Corporation to become director of

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. Through his numerous radio programmes, articles and books, he vividly conveyed the history of the capital with anecdotes and biographical scetches, particularly relating to its artistic life. A

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proponent, Schulerud chaired the organization Riksmålsvernet for a period, and was later a member of the

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. Schulerud was decorated as Knight, First Class of the

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. Mentz Schulerud was the father of Ingrid Schulerud, who married Norwegian Prime Minister

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Selected bibliography

This is a list of his most important publications: *''

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i dikterens speil'' (1991) *''Barn i Oslo: En billedkavalkade: barn i hovedstaden før og nå'' (1982) *''Iduns epler'' (1982) *''Året før året: 1904, et av disse fjerne år fra "den gode gamle tid"'' (1979) *''

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og byen'' (1978) *''Hafslund gods: Fra Otte Bildt til M. G. Rosenkrantz'' (1974) *''Kongevei og fantesti'' (1974) *''På

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i hundre år, 1874-1974'' (1974) *''

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i hundre år'' (1970) *''Nordmenn i

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'' (1962) *''Norsk kunstnerliv'' (1960) *''Den store Oslo-guiden'' (1955)

References

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