Background
RISTE, Olav was born on April 11, 1933 in Volda. Son of Olav Riste and Bergliot Meidell.
historian university professor
RISTE, Olav was born on April 11, 1933 in Volda. Son of Olav Riste and Bergliot Meidell.
University of Oslo and Oxford.
Lecturer, Volda GymnasT 1963-1964. Historian, Office of Military History (with leaves of absence) 1964-1979.
Research Fellow, Charles Warren Center, Harvard University 1967-1968.
Visiting Scholar, London School of Economics 1971. Visiting Professor Freie University Berlin 1972-1973.
Director Office of Military History 1979-1980; Director Research Centre for Defence History (with leaves of absence) 1980-1987.
Guest Scholar, Woodrow Wilson Center, Washington, District of Columbia 1982.
Visiting Scholar, London School of Economics 1986. Adjunct Professor, of History, University of Bergen since 1980. Director Norwegian Institute for Defence Studies since 1988.
Fellow, Norwegian Academy, of Science and Letters.
Vice-President Institute Commission, for Military History, Institute Commission, for History of Institute Relations.
Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters]
He was a member of the Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters.
Married Ruth Pittman in 1964.