Dagfinn Mannsåker

Who was Dagfinn Mannsåker?

Dagfinn Mannsåker was a Norwegian archivist and historian.

He was born in Ullensvang, and was the brother of Bergfrid Fjose. He took the dr.philos. degree in 1955, on the thesis Det norske presteskapet i det nittande hundreåret. Sosialhistoriske studiar. He worked as a school teacher from 1954 to 1959, lecturer at the University of Oslo from 1959 to 1965 and director of the National Archival Services of Norway from 1965 to 1982. He edited the academic journal Historisk Tidsskrift for many years, and contributed to Norsk Biografisk Leksikon. From 1966 to 1972 he chaired the Norwegian Historical Association.