Per Fuglum (7 January 1924 – 13 June 2008) was a Norwegian historian and professor. He was born in

Oslo Oslo ( or ; ) is the capital and most populous city of Norway. It constitutes both a county and a municipality. The municipality of Oslo had a population of in 2022, while the city's greater urban area had a population of 1,064,235 in 2022 ...

. In 1957 he received his doctorate. Fuglum was assistant professor of history at the

University of Oslo The University of Oslo (; ) is a public university, public research university located in Oslo, Norway. It is the List of oldest universities in continuous operation#Europe, oldest university in Norway. Originally named the Royal Frederick Univ ...

from 1961 to 1973, and professor of history at the

University of Trondheim The Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU; ) is a public university, public research university in Norway and the largest in terms of enrollment. The university's headquarters is located in Trondheim (city), Trondheim, with region ...

from 1973 to 1993. Fuglum was co-editor of ''Historisk tidsskrift from'' 1965 to 1971. Among his works are biographies of the Norwegian prime ministers

Ole Richter Ole Jørgensen Richter (23 May 1829 – 15 June 1888) was a Norwegian lawyer, politician, parliamentarian, and the prime minister of the Norwegian Government in Stockholm. Early life and education Son of Jørgen and Massi Richter, Ole was bo ...

(from 1964) and

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(from 1989). He has also written books on the history of temperance in Norway.
Per Fuglum private archive
is kept at NTNU University Library.

Selected works

*''Norges historie. Bd 12, Norge i støpeskjeen: 1884-1920'' (1988) *''Det norske totalavholdsselskap'' (1984) *''Kampen om alkoholen i Norge 1816-1904'' (1972) *''Ole Richter. Statsministeren'' (1964)

References

1924 births 2008 deaths Writers from Oslo Norwegian male biographers Academic staff of the University of Oslo Academic staff of the Norwegian University of Science and Technology Norwegian temperance activists 20th-century Norwegian biographers 20th-century Norwegian male writers {{norway-historian-stub