Erik Grønseth

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1925 – 2005

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Who was Erik Grønseth?

Erik Grønseth was a Norwegian sociologist, Professor of Sociology at the University of Oslo from 1971 to 1989, and "one of the post-war pioneers of sociology" in Norway. Together with Harriet Holter, he is considered the founder of Norwegian family sociology.

As a young man, he was introduced to Arne Næss, who encouraged him to study sociology. Following his studies at Wittenberg College, the New School for Social Research in New York, the University of Wisconsin and the University of Oslo, he graduated with a Master's degree in sociology at the University of Wisconsin in 1949 and a mag.art degree in sociology at the University of Oslo in 1952. From 1952 to 1963, he was a researcher at the Norwegian Institute for Social Research, and then was appointed as Lecturer in Sociology at the University of Oslo. He was appointed as Professor of Sociology in 1971. He took an interest in family sociology already in the 1950s, and has published several books on family, gender roles, work, sexuality and society. In the early 1970s, he carried out research on couples who shared their jobs, a study that attracted much media interest in Norway and abroad.

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Born
Sep 13, 1925
Norway
Nationality
  • Norway
Education
  • University of Oslo
  • Wittenberg University
  • University of Wisconsin-Madison
  • The New School
Employment
  • University of Oslo
Died
Oct 8, 2005

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on July 23, 2013

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