Sigurd Engelstad

Sigurd Engelstad (August 2, 1914– January 16, 2006) was a Norwegian genealogist and archivist.[1]

Engelstad was born at Hadsel in Nordland, Norway. [2] He was the son of jurist Sigurd Engelstad (1878–1916) and older brother of writer Carl Fredrik Engelstad. Through Carl Fredrik, Sigurd was the uncle of professor Fredrik Engelstad.[3]

Sigurd Engelstad published several genealogical works, and was a co-editor of the journal Norsk slektshistorisk tidsskrift from 1960 to 1975. From 1979 to 1983 he served as deputy archivist (førstearkivar) at the National Archival Services of Norway.[2][4]

References

  1. ↑ "Sigurd Engelstad". Arkivverket Digitalarkivet. Retrieved December 1, 2015.
  2. 1 2 "Engelstad, Sigurd". Store norske leksikon. Kunnskapsforlaget. 2007.
  3. ↑ "Engelstad". Store norske leksikon. Kunnskapsforlaget. 2007.
  4. ↑ "The National Archives". Arkivverket Riksarkivet. Retrieved December 1, 2015.


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