Francis Sejersted

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{{short description|Norwegian history professor}}
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'''Francis Sejersted''' (8 February 1936 – 25 August 2015) was a Norwegian history professor and the chairman of the [[Norwegian Nobel Committee]] (which awards the [[Nobel Peace Prize]]) from 1991 until 1995.<ref name="Nobel"/><ref>{{cite web|url=https://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory/sejersted-head-nobel-peace-prize-committee-dies-33298846|title=Sejersted, Former Head of Nobel Peace Prize Committee Dies|author=ABC News|work=ABC News}}</ref>

==Early life==
Sejersted was born in [[Oslo]]. He performed his military service at the prestigious Russian language program of the [[Norwegian Armed Forces]]. He was later educated in history as well as [[Nordic countries|Nordic]] linguistics and [[literature]] at the [[University of Oslo]] and achieved a [[cand.philol.]] degree in 1965 and a [[doctorate]] in 1973.<ref name="CV"/> In 1962 Francis Sejersted was president of the Norwegian Students' Association representing the [[Conservative Students' Association (Norway)|student wing]] of the [[Conservative Party of Norway]], a party with which he remained affiliated.

==Career==
From 1971 to 1973 Sejersted served as ''[[docent]]'' in history at the [[University of Oslo]] and was thereafter professor of [[Social History|social]] and [[economic history]] at the same institution until 1998. From 1988 to 1998 he served as director of the Centre for Technology and Culture at the university and from 1999 until his death in 2015 he was a fellow of the [[Institute for Social Research (Norway)|Institute for Social Research]].<ref name="CV"/> As a historian, Sejersted's field of expertise was the economical, technological and political history of Scandinavian countries between the [[Napoleonic Wars]] and [[World War II]]. From 1971 to 1975 he was editor of [[Historisk Tidsskrift (Norway)|''Historisk Tidsskrift'']] ("Historical Review") and since 1984 served as co-editor of ''[[Nytt norsk tidsskrift]]''.

Sejersted was a member of the board at the [[Institute for Comparative Cultural Studies]] 1974–1982 and at the [[Norwegian Research Council for Basic Research]] 1980-1983 as well as chairman of the [[Norwegian Science Policy Council]] 1984–1988.

Sejersted was a member of the [[Norwegian Nobel Committee]] (which awards the Nobel Peace Prize) from 1982 to 1999, and from 1991 to 1995 was its chairman.<ref name="Nobel"/> From 1990 to 1999 he also was board member of the [[Nobel Foundation]] in [[Stockholm]]. From 1996 to 1996 he chaired the governmental [[Freedom of Expression Commission in Norway]] and became chairman of The [[Fritt Ord (organization)|Freedom of Expression Foundation]] in 2000.

In 1985 he entered the [[Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters]], in 1989 the ''[[Academia Europaea]]'', The [[Royal Danish Academy of Sciences]] in 1993, The [[Norwegian Academy of Technological Sciences]] 1995, The [[Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences]] 1997 and finally in 2001 The [[Royal Norwegian Society of Sciences and Letters]]. He was also a member of the [[Norwegian Academy for Language and Literature]]. In 1999 he became an [[honorary degree|honorary]] doctor at [[University of Linköping]], [[Sweden]]. Francis Sejersted was Commander of the [[Royal Norwegian Order of St. Olav]], of [[Denmark]]'s [[Order of the Dannebrog]] and of [[Sweden]]'s [[Order of the Polar Star]].

==Death==
Sejersted suffered a long [[illness]] and died on 25 August 2015 in Oslo, aged 79.<ref>{{cite news|last1=Khan|first1=Shah|title=Death of Nobel committee head who honoured Mandela|url=http://tribune.com.pk/story/944513/death-of-nobel-committee-head-who-honoured-mandela/|access-date=25 August 2015|work=Chairman|agency=Norwegian News Agency|publisher=AFP|date=25 August 2015|location=Oslo|pages=1|language=en}}</ref>

==References==
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<ref name="Nobel">{{cite web|url=https://www.nobelprize.org/prizes/themes/bio-francis-sejersted/|title=Bio: Francis Sejersted|publisher=Nobel Foundation|access-date=1 January 2025}}</ref>
<ref name="CV">{{cite web|url=https://www.ae-info.org/attach/User/Sejersted_Francis/CV/fse_cv.pdf |title=CV of Francis Sejersted |publisher=Academia Europaea |access-date=1 January 2025}}</ref>
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