1. Edvard Freydar Beyer was a Norwegian literary historian, literary critic, and professor at the University of Oslo from 1958 to 1990.
10 Facts About Edvard Beyer
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Edvard Beyer was married to nurse Aslaug Ryssdal from 1946.
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Edvard Beyer studied philology, and graduated with the dissertation Livsgleden som problem i Ibsens diktning, which was published in the journal Edda in 1948.
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Edvard Beyer was appointed professor in Nordic literature at the University of Oslo in 1958, succeeding Francis Bull.
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Edvard Beyer took over Bull's position as editor-in-chief of Edda, from 1962 to 1972.
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Edvard Beyer was main editor for Norges litteraturhistorie, where he wrote volume three and part of volume two, on literature from the 1800s.
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Edvard Beyer was the Norwegian editor for the Scandinavian project Verdens litteraturhistorie.
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Edvard Beyer edited the collected works of Hans E Kinck, and the short story anthologies Perler i prosa and Norske noveller.
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Edvard Beyer was chairman of Arts Council Norway from 1978 to 1985.
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Edvard Beyer was a member of the Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters from 1959.