Velle Espeland (6 July 1945 – 10 January 2024) was a Norwegian folklorist.
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| Born | 6 July 1945 Sør-Fron, Norway |
| Died | 10 January 2024 (aged 78) Oslo, Norway |
| Alma mater | University of Oslo |
| Occupation | Folklorist |
Personal life and education
editBorn in Sør-Fron on 6 July 1945, Espeland studied folkloristics at the University of Oslo. His cand.mag. thesis from 1974 was titled Folkesong i Bjerkreim.[1]
Career
editEspeland was assigned to Institutt for kulturstudier at the University of Oslo from 1974 to 2003. He also administrated the institution Norsk visearkiv from its foundation in 1983.[1]
Among his publications are two books about ghosts, the children's book Den store boka om spøkelser from 1999, and the factbook Spøkelse. Hvileløse gjengangere i tradisjon og historie from 2002. He also contributed text to the comic series Smørbukk and Tuss og Troll, and translated the Belgian comic strips Spirou & Fantasio and Marsupilami into Norwegian language.[1]
In 2014 he was awarded the Rff prize from Rådet for folkemusikk og folkedans,[2] a subsidiary of Arts Council Norway,[3] for his contributions to Norsk visearkiv.[2]
Death
editEspeland died in Oslo on 10 January 2024, at the age of 78.[1][4]
References
edit- ^ a b c d Habbestad, Ida. "Velle Espeland". In Bolstad, Erik (ed.). Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Oslo: Norsk nettleksikon. Retrieved 24 February 2024.
- ^ a b "RFF-prisen 2014 til Velle Espeland". ballade.no (in Norwegian). 23 September 2014. Retrieved 25 April 2024.
- ^ Aksdal, Bjørn. "Rådet for folkemusikk og folkedans". In Bolstad, Erik (ed.). Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Oslo: Norsk nettleksikon. Retrieved 25 April 2024.
- ^ Ressem, Astrid Nora; Prøysen, Elin; Kreken, Liv (20 January 2024). "Velle Espeland var ein særdeles raus og allsidig kollega". Aftenposten (in Norwegian). Retrieved 25 April 2024.
External links
edit- Espeland, Velle (13 September 2005). "Norsk visearkiv – et kompetansesenter". ballade.no (in Norwegian). Retrieved 25 February 2024.
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