''Pax Leksikon'' is a
Norwegian political
encyclopedia
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published in six volumes by the Norwegian publishing house
Pax Forlag
Pax Forlag is a Norwegian publishing house, established in 1964.
The first manager was Tor Bjerkmann, who chaired the company from 1964 to 1972.
Starting with Bjerkmann's new translation of George Orwell's ''Animal Farm'', Pax published 150 qu ...
from 1978 to 1981.
Editors were
Hans Fredrik Dahl
Hans Fredrik Dahl (born 16 October 1939) is a Norwegian historian, journalist and media scholar, best known in the English-speaking world for his biography of Vidkun Quisling, a Nazi collaborationist and Minister President for Norway during the ...
,
Jon Elster
Jon Elster (; born 22 February 1940) is a Norwegian philosopher and political theorist who holds the Robert K. Merton professorship of Social Science at Columbia University and since 2005 professor of social science at the Collège de France.
...
,
Irene Iversen
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Irene, and related names, may refer to:
* Irene (given name)
Places
* Irene, Gauteng, South Africa
* Irene, South Dakota, United States
* Irene, Texas, United States
* ...
,
Siri Nørve
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,
Tor Inge Romøren,
Rune Slagstad
Rune Slagstad (born 22 February 1945) is a Norwegian historian, philosopher, legal theorist, professor and journal editor. In addition to professional work, he has since the late 1960s contributed actively to public debate on a variety of issues ...
and
Mariken Vaa. More than 400 experts contributed to the encyclopedia.
The encyclopedia has been made available online.
List of volumes
This is a list of the six volumes of the encyclopedia ''Pax Leksikon'' ( for all volumes 1–6).
*Volume 1: A-B. Published 1978 ()
*Volume 2: C-G. Published 1979 ()
*Volume 3: H-Ks. Published 1979 ()
*Volume 4: Ku-N. Published 1980 ()
*Volume 5: O-Sn. Published 1980 ()
*Volume 6: So-Å. Published 1981 ()
References
External links
* Online version.
Norwegian encyclopedias
Pax Forlag books
1978 non-fiction books
20th-century encyclopedias
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