Dagfinn Mannsåker

Dagfinn Mannsåker (born 30 June 1916 – 16 July 1994) was a Norwegian archivist and historian.

He was born in Ullensvang, and was the brother of Bergfrid Fjose. He took the dr.philos. degree in 1955, on the thesis Det norske presteskapet i det nittande hundreåret. Sosialhistoriske studiar. He worked as a school teacher from 1954 to 1959, lecturer at the University of Oslo from 1959 to 1965 and director of the National Archival Services of Norway from 1965 to 1982. He edited the academic journal Historisk Tidsskrift for many years, and contributed to Norsk Biografisk Leksikon.^[1] From 1966 to 1972 he chaired the Norwegian Historical Association.^[2]

Publications (selected)

• Jacob Aall: liv og gjerning før 1814, Oslo 1944.
• Det norske presteskapet i det nittande hundreåret. Sosialhistoriske studiar, 1954.
• Norsk samfunnslære, with Hans Aarnes, 1956.
• Norsk samfunnslære for realskolen/realskulen, with Hans Aarnes, 1959.
• Nyare forsking omkring 1814, in the booklet 1814 og 1884, Oslo 1968.
• Diskresjonsspørsmål og personvern i lokalhistoria, in Heimen, 1977
• Dei religiøse folkerørslene og samfunnet ca. 1750 - 1850, in Streiftog i Kirkehistorien, Oslo 1996.
• Vegen til Kringsjå. Byggesaka til Riksarkivet fram til 1965, in Arkivmagasinet 1/1998

References

1. "Mannsåker, Dagfinn". Store norske leksikon. Kunnskapsforlaget. 2007.
2. "Historikk" (in Norwegian). Norwegian Historical Association. Retrieved 28 April 2011.