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Norsk biografisk leksikon

Norwegian biographical encyclopedia

Summary

Norwegian biographical encyclopedia

Field	Value
native_name	Norsk biografisk leksikon (NBL) (Norwegian Biographical Encyclopedia)
url
type	Biographical Dictionary
language	Bokmål, Nynorsk
area_served	Worldwide
owner	Great Norwegian Encyclopedia Association
editor	Erik Bolstad
launch_date
parent	Great Norwegian Encyclopedia
commercial	No
current_status	Active
issn	2464-1502

Norsk biografisk leksikon is the largest Norwegian biographical encyclopedia. It is part of the Store norske leksikon ("Great Norwegian Encyclopedia").

Origin

The first print edition (NBL1) was issued between 1923 and 1983; it included 19 volumes and 5,100 articles.

Kunnskapsforlaget took over the rights to NBL1 from Aschehoug in 1995, and work began on a second print edition (NBL2) in 1998. The project had economic support from the Fritt Ord Foundation and the Ministry of Culture, and NBL2 was launched in the years 1999–2005, including 10 volumes and around 5,700 articles.

Online access

In 2009 an Internet edition, with free access, was released by Kunnskapsforlaget together with the general-purpose Store norske leksikon. The electronic edition features additional biographies, and updates about dates of death of biographies. Apart from that, the vast body of text is unaltered from the printed version.

List of volumes

This is a list of volumes in the second edition of Norsk biografisk leksikon.

Volume 1: Abel–Bruusgaard. Published 1999
Volume 2: Bry–Ernø. Published 2000
Volume 3: Escholt–Halvdan. Published 2001
Volume 4: Halvorsen–Ibsen. Published 2001
Volume 5: Ihlen–Larsson. Published 2002
Volume 6: Lassen–Nitter. Published 2003
Volume 7: Njøs–Samuelsen. Published 2003
Volume 8: Sand–Sundquist. Published 2004
Volume 9: Sundt–Wikborg. Published 2005
Volume 10: Wilberg–Aavik, plus extra material. Published 2005

This is a list of volumes in the first edition of Norsk biografisk leksikon.

Volume 1: Aabel–Bjørnson. Published 1923
Volume 2: Bjørnstad–Christian Frederik. Published 1925
Volume 3: Christiansen–Eyvind Urarhorn. Published 1926
Volume 4: Fabricius–Grodtschilling. Published 1929
Volume 5: Grosch–Helkand. Published 1931
Volume 6: Helland–Lars Jensen. Published 1934
Volume 7: Lars O. Jensen–Krefting. Published 1936
Volume 8: Kristensen–Løwenhielm. Published 1938
Volume 9: Madsen–Nansen. Published 1940
Volume 10: Narve–Harald C. Pedersen. Published 1949
Volume 11: Oscar Pedersen–Ross. Published 1952
Volume 12: Rosseland–Schult. Published 1954
Volume 13: Schultz–Skramstad. Published 1958
Volume 14: Skredsvig–Stenersen. Published 1962
Volume 15: Stensaker–Sørbrøden. Published 1966
Volume 16: Sørensen–Alf Torp. Published 1969
Volume 17: Eivind Torp–Vidnes. Published 1975
Volume 18: Vig–Henrik Wergeland. Published 1977
Volume 19: N. Wergeland–Øyen. Published 1983

References

Mudge, Isadore (1924) [https://books.google.com/books?id=K7XgAAAAMAAJ&pg=PA23 "Some Reference Books"] ''Library Journal'' v49 #1:23
[https://meta.snl.no/Om_Norsk_biografisk_leksikon NBL official website]
Dahl, Gina (2011) [https://books.google.com/books?id=j9lzK2bMU-EC&pg=PA231 ''Books in Early Modern Norway''] Brill NV
(2009). "Norsk biografisk leksikon". [[Kunnskapsforlaget]].
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