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About Arnfinn Moland
- Arnfinn Moland (born 25 August 1951) is a Norwegian historian. He was born in Kvinesdal.
- He finished his secondary education in Flekkefjord in 1970, served in His Majesty the King's Guard from 1973 to 1974, and graduated from the University of Oslo with the cand.philol.
- degree in 1977.
- His master's thesis was Prissubsider eller støtte? Striden om melkeparagrafen 1972.
- From 1977 to 1978 he took a pedagogical education.
- He was also active in athletics.
- Representing Kvinesdal IL, he achieved a long jump of 6.91 metres in July 1978 at Lovisenlund in Larvik.
- He had 14.34 metres in the triple jump, achieved in July 1978 at Stovnerbanen in Oslo.Moland was hired as a researcher by Norway's Resistance Museum in 1978.
- From 1993 to 1997 he worked for the Norwegian Institute for Defence Studies.
- He was the director of Norway's Resistance Museum from 1995, from 1998 with the title of associate professor.His first major book was Hjemmefront, volume six of the series Norge i krig.
- The volume was released in 1987 together with Ivar Kraglund.
- In 1997 he released "Strengt hemmelig".
- Norsk etterretningsteneste 1945-1970, about Norwegian intelligence, together with Olav Riste.
- In the same year he released Milorg i Stor-Oslo.
- Distrikt 13s historie together with Terje Diesen, about the Greater Oslo district of Milorg.
- In 1999 followed Over grensen? Hjemmefrontens likvidasjoner under den tyske okkupasjonen av Norge 1940-1945 about Norwegian liquidations of Nazi collaborators.
- This book has been described as a contrast to Egil Ulateig's book Med rett til å drepe.He also contributed to film.
- He was a screenwriter and co-director of the film Rapport fra "Nr.
- 24" about Gunnar Sønsteby.
- The book Gunnar Sønsteby.
- 24 kapitler i Kjakans liv followed in 2004.
- In 2008 Moland published the book Max Manus.
- Film og virkelighet, which followed the release of the film Max Manus.
- Exploring the relationship between the film and the real-life Max Manus, the book was written together with the film's screenwriter Thomas Nordseth-Tiller.Moland has not been entirely uncontroversial as a historian.
- In 2000 he accused Norwegian newspapers of printing untrue stories about the Norwegian resistance movement, because "relatives of Nasjonal Samling sympathizers" sat as editors in these newspapers.
- The statement was sharply criticized by editors such as Harald Stanghelle, Steinar Hansson and Gudleiv Forr.
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