Draft:Harald Eidheim

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Harald Eidheim (9 February 1925 − 20 October 2012) was a Norwegian social anthropologist.

He was born in Volda.[1] In 1946 he moved to Sápmi for the first time, as a teacher in a region where German troops had employed scorched earth tactics in World War II.[2] After taking his mag.art. degree in 1958, he was a research fellow for NAVF from 1959. In 1962 he became lecturer at the University of Oslo, promoted to associate professor in 1970. Eidheim did research in Dominica and was a guest scholar at the University of the West Indies (1968–1969), studied the Masai people and was a guest scholar at the International Livestock Centre for Africa (1977–1978). He was also involved in Sami studies and was an adjunct professor at the University of Tromsø.[1]

References

  1. ^ a b "Harald Eidheim". Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Retrieved 26 December 2021.
  2. ^ Gustavsen, John (30 April 2013). "Slagmark uten avgjørende seire". Nordlys (in Norwegian). p. 3.


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