Severin Eskeland (31 March 1880 – 18 July 1964) was a Norwegian educator, biographer and elected official.

Biography

Eskeland was born at

Stord Municipality Stord is a municipalities of Norway, municipality in Vestland counties of Norway, county, Norway. It is located in the Traditional districts of Norway, traditional district of Sunnhordland. Stord is sometimes called "Norway in miniature" since i ...

Hordaland Hordaland () was a county in Norway, bordering Sogn og Fjordane, Buskerud, Telemark, and Rogaland counties. Hordaland was the third largest county, after Akershus and Oslo, by population. The county government was the Hordaland County Munici ...

county, Norway. He was the son of Øystein Larsson Eskeland (1840–1933) and Mari Larsdotter Vatna (1844–1932). He was the brother of Lars Eskeland. He received a degree from Hans Nielsen Hauges Minde in

Kristiania 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, an ...

(now Oslo) during 1903. From 1903 to 1905, he studied at the University of Kristiania (now

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 ...

), but did not take the final exam. He also conducted study trips to Germany, Switzerland and France. From 1903 to 1950 he was employed in the field of education. He worked at schools in Oslo,

Kristiansand Kristiansand is a city and Municipalities of Norway, municipality in Agder county, Norway. The city is the fifth-largest and the municipality is the sixth-largest in Norway, with a population of around 116,000 as of January 2020, following th ...

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and

Levanger Levanger may refer to: Places * Levanger Municipality, a municipality in Trøndelag county, Norway * Levanger (town), a town within Levanger Municipality in Trøndelag county, Norway * Levanger landsogn, a former municipality (1856–1962) in Trø ...

until 1917. He was Rector at the Stord Teachers College ( ''Stord Lærarhøgskule'') from 1917 to 1950. He wrote textbooks on

history History is the systematic study of the past, focusing primarily on the Human history, human past. As an academic discipline, it analyses and interprets evidence to construct narratives about what happened and explain why it happened. Some t ...

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and

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. Additionally he wrote biographies on Rasmus Løland,

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and

Thomas More Sir Thomas More (7 February 1478 – 6 July 1535), venerated in the Catholic Church as Saint Thomas More, was an English lawyer, judge, social philosopher, author, statesman, theologian, and noted Renaissance humanist. He also served Henry VII ...

. He also served as mayor of

from 1935 to 1942. In 1908, he married Olga Dorothea Olsen (1886–1975) and was the father of

Ivar Eskeland Ivar Eskeland (30 November 1927 – 23 December 2005) was a Norwegian philologist, publisher, translator, biographer, literary critic, newspaper editor, theatre worker, radio personality and organizational leader. Career He was born in Stord ...

Selected works

''Soga um Eirik Raude: gamalnorsk grunntekst og nynorsk umsetjing''
1907
i gamalnorsk''
(with Knut Liestøl), 1910
for ungdomsskulen''
(with Lars Eskeland), 1912

1926
''Kvar skal teiknet stå?''
1943

1944

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* 1880 births 1964 deaths People from Stord University of Oslo alumni Heads of schools in Norway Rectors of universities and colleges in Norway Norwegian biographers Norwegian male writers Norwegian male biographers Norwegian textbook writers Mayors of places in Hordaland {{Norway-politician-1880s-stub