Background
He was born in Tune as a son of wholesaler Jens Lauritzen Opstad (1884–1963) and Laura Kristine Thune (1885–1921).
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Lauritz Opstad
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Education
He finished his secondary education in Sarpsborg in 1937 and at the University of Oslo he took the candidate.mag.
Career
Degree in 1941 and the candidate.philol. degree in history in 1943. He was a school teacher in Fredrikstad from 1944 to 1945, then a consultant for half a year at the Norwegian Museum of Decorative Arts and Design. He was a curator at Stavanger Museum/Ledaal from 1947 to 1948, county curator in Østfold County Municipality from 1948 to 1967 and director of the Norwegian Museum of Decorative Arts and Design from 1967 to 1987.
Important books include Moss Jernverk (1950), Herrebøe Fajance Fabrique (1959), Bygdehistorien inntil 1800 (volume two of Rygge, 1957) and Norsk pottemakeri 1600-1900 (1990).
In 1950 they had the son January-Lauritz Opstad, a museum director Lauritz Opstad died in June 2010 in Oslo.
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Nationality
Norway
Education
Awards
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Order of the Lion of Finland; commander of the Order of the Dannebrog Order of the Dannebrog; Royal Norwegian Order of St. Olav; Order of the Lion of Finland; Order of the Polar Star
The Order of the Polar Star is a Swedish order of chivalry created by King Frederick I on 23 February 1748, together with the Order of the Sword and the Order of the Seraphim.The Order of the Polar Star is a Swedish order of chivalry created by King Frederick I on 23 February 1748, together with the Order of the Sword and the Order of the Seraphim.