Background
Dahl, Ottar was born on January 5, 1924 in Nannestad, Norway. Son of Alfred and Karen Teoline (Koll) Dahl.
Dahl, Ottar was born on January 5, 1924 in Nannestad, Norway. Son of Alfred and Karen Teoline (Koll) Dahl.
Candidate philological, University Oslo, 1951. Doctor of Philosophy, University Oslo, 1957.
He took the doctor philosophical degree in 1957, worked at the University of Oslo as a scholarship holder from 1957, docent from 1960 and professor from 1966 to 1991. Het then retired to a position as professor emeritus. From 1972 to 1975 he chaired the Norwegian Historical Association.
He died in April 2011.
Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters]
He was a member of the Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters.
Married Ingrid Persson, July 1963 (divorced 1974). 1 child, Ashild; married Kristin Brita Kjellberg, September 17, 1976. Children: Eystein, Erlend.