15 Facts About Frank Aarebrot

Frank Henrik Aarebrot was a Norwegian political scientist, political commentator, and professor of comparative politics.

Frank Aarebrot became a member of the Norwegian Labour Party at young age, and voted for them in every election until his death.

Frank Aarebrot later referred to his upbringing as one of the main reasons for his political position.

From 1977 to his retirement in 2017, Frank Aarebrot was employed by the Institute of Comparative Politics at the University of Bergen.

Frank Aarebrot holds one of the top spots in the rankings of most quoted academics in Norwegian media.

On 19 January 2017, Frank Aarebrot reached the age of retirement for academics in Norway, and held his final lecture on 24 April, an event that was televised nationally.

When Trump later won the nomination, and subsequent election, Frank Aarebrot referred to the result as "frightening" and expressed worry for the American democracy.

In 2014, Frank Aarebrot gave a televised lecture on Norwegian history from 1814 to 2014 in celebration of the 200-year anniversary of the Constitution of Norway, the lecture lasting three-and-a-half hours, one minute for every year.

Frank Aarebrot married Dutch political scientist Marian Flick in 1977, and they remained married until his death.

In 2003, the leg was amputated below the knee, which Frank Aarebrot himself called "a relief".

Frank Aarebrot later used a prosthesis and occasionally crutches or a wheelchair.

On 4 September 2017, Frank Aarebrot was admitted to Haukeland sykehus in Bergen having suffered a heart attack.

Frank Aarebrot had felt unwell during a return flight from London, and called his doctor after landing at Flesland Airport.

Five days later, on the evening of 9 September 2017, Frank Aarebrot died at Haukeland from complications following his heart attack, aged 70.

Frank Aarebrot's death occurred less than two days before the 2017 Norwegian elections, which Aarebrot was scheduled to cover and comment on, and had made several pre-recorded videos for.