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Already in 1988 he graduated with the candidate.theol.
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Nils Agoy
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Career
He hails from Gjøvik. He took the candidate.philol. degree in history at the University of Oslo in 1987, with the master"s thesis Kampen mot vernetvangen. Militærnekterspørsmålet i Norge 1885–1922.
The thesis chronicled and explained conscientious objection in Norway before 1922.
His academic advisor was Jorunn Bjørgum. degree in theology at the MF Norwegian School of Theology. Subsequently he was employed as a research fellow in history at the Peace Research Institute Oslo, finishing his dr.philos. degree in history in 1994.
His thesis Militæretaten og "den indre fiende" fra 1905 til 1940. Hemmelige sikkerhetsstyrker i Norge sett i et skandinavisk perspektiv explored the military precautions against "inner enemies"—defined as revolutionary segments—between the 1905 Norwegian independence and the Second World War, against a Scandinavian backdrop.
His doctoral advisor was Ottar Dahl.
He was appointed as associate professor of modern history at Telemark University College in 1994, and was promoted to professor in 2002. In 2010 he released Kirken og arbeiderbevegelsen, the result of ten years of work. Agøy"s translation debut was J. R. R. Tolkien"s Silmarillion.
He has later been a jury member for the children"s literature class of the Bastian Prize, which is awarded by the Norwegian Association of Literary Translators.
In 1997 he released the second Norwegian translation of The Hobbit, and he has also translated Unfinished Tales of Númenor and Middle-earth.
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