Gunnar Christie Wasberg (21 February 1923 – 27 January 2015) was a Norwegian historian, philosopher and first librarian at the University of Oslo Library.

Biography

Wasberg was born in the parish of Brunlanes at Larvik in Vestfold, Norway. He took the doctorate (fil.dr.) at Uppsala University in 1963 with the thesis Forsvarstanke og suverenitetsprinsipp. From 1967 to 1989 he was the prime librarian at the University Library of Oslo. Wasberg held a guest professorship at University of Wisconsin, Madison. He also had other research engagement, and he was a guest lecturer, at a number of universities in Europe and in the United States. Wasberg published about sixty books about history of ideas, political ideologies, industrial and maritime history, press history, military history, and local history (mainly about the Larvik district). In addition, he published many articles in domestic and foreign journals, congress papers, research reports and many articles and book reviews in newspapers, especially in the Norwegian newspaper Aftenposten. He was a member of the Norwegian Academy for Language and Literature. Wasberg was a member of the Board (chairman 1987–88) in the Press History Archive, member of the Norwegian board of directors of the Association of Nordic Paper historians, member of the International Association of Paper Historians and member of the International de la Seconde Guerre Moniale. He was elected to the Carl Johans Förbundet at Uppsala and the Collegium Medievale Society for Medieval Studies. Wasberg was editor of Cursus Librorum, published by the University Library in Oslo (1960-1972) and editor of Norsk Slektshistorisk Tidsskrift (1975-1985). He was an honorary member of the Nordic Paper History Association, Larvik and Omegns Museumsforening, Brunlanes Historielag, Lardal Historielag and Istituto del Sarco Romano Impero. Gunnar Christie Wasberg received the King's Medal of Merit (Kongens fortjenstemedalje) in gold in 2007.

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