Ottar Dahl, Date of Birth, Date of Death

Ottar Dahl

Norwegian historian

Date of Birth: 05-Jan-1924

Date of Death: 04-Apr-2011

Profession: professor, historian

Nationality: Norway

Zodiac Sign: Capricorn

Ottar Dahl (5 January 1924 – 4 April 2011) was a Norwegian historian and historiographer. He was born in Nannestad.
He took the dr.
philos.
degree in 1957, worked at the University of Oslo as a scholarship holder from 1957, docent from 1960 and professor from 1966 to 1991.
He then retired to a position as professor emeritus. He was a member of the Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters.
From 1972 to 1975 he chaired the Norwegian Historical Association.
He died in April 2011.