Per Maurseth (7 June 1932 – 10 May 2013) was a Norwegian historian and politician for the Socialist Left Party. He was an associate professor 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 1971, and was appointed professor 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 1982 to his retirement. Among his books are ''Fra Moskvateser til Kristianiaforslag'' from 1972, and volume three of the six-volume set ''

Arbeiderbevegelsens historie i Norge ''Arbeiderbevegelsens historie i Norge'' () is a six-volume work about the labour movement history of Norway. It was released between 1985 and 1990 by Tiden Norsk Forlag. It was not the first work about the history of the Norwegian labour moveme ...

'' from 1988, his part covering the history of the labour movement in Norway from 1920 to 1935. He also edited the academic journal ''Tidsskrift for arbeiderbevegelsens historie'' from 1976 to 1986. He was a fellow of the

Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters The Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters (, 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 University in Christiania was establis ...

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1932 births 2013 deaths Writers from Bergen 20th-century Norwegian historians Norwegian academic journal editors Norwegian political writers Labor historians Academic staff of the University of Oslo Academic staff of the Norwegian University of Science and Technology Members of the Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters {{norway-historian-stub