August Lange
August Lange | |
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| Born | 28 April 1907 Kristiania, Norway |
| Died | 6 August 1970 (aged 63) Oslo, Norway |
| Alma mater | University of Oslo |
| Occupation(s) | Educator, non-fiction writer and cultural attaché. |
| Parent | Christian Lous Lange |
| Relatives | Halvard Lange (brother) Carl Viggo Lange (brother) |
Christian August Manthey Lange (28 April 1907 – 6 August 1970) was a Norwegian educator, non-fiction writer and cultural attaché.
Personal life
Lange was born in
Carl Viggo Manthey Lange.[2] He spent part of his childhood in Brussels, where his father had a position as secretary-general of the Inter-Parliamentary Union.[1]
Career
Lange
cand.philol. in 1933.[1] He worked as a teacher in Oslo from 1934. In 1939 he issued the history textbook 6000 år. Verdenshistorie for den høgre skolen, in cooperation with Nic. Stang.[1]
World War II
Following the outbreak of
Grini concentration camp from October 1941 to April 1943, and at the Sachsenhausen concentration camp until the end of World War II.[3] He issued the book 3 fra Sachsenhausen in 1945, together with Carl Johan Frederik Jakhelln and Olav Larssen,[4] where he wrote the article "Ved livets grense" about Norwegian prisoners in Sachsenhausen.[1] In 1946 and 1947 the two-volume book Griniboken was issued, edited by Lange and Johan Schreiner, with contributions from several of the prisoners at Grini.[1] Lange's contribution is the chapter "Gamle Grini", where he gives an overview of the camp in the period he spent at Grini.[5]
Post war
Lange was cultural attaché at the Norwegian embassy in Moscow from 1946 to 1948. From 1948 he worked as a teacher at Oslo offentlige lærerskole, and from 1953 he was head of Hamar lærerskole. He headed Statens lærerskoleklasser i Oslo from 1958. From 1962 he lectured at the University of Oslo. He died in 1970, by drowning in the lake Bogstadvannet in Oslo.[1]
References
- ^ a b c d e f g h Schanke, Andreas. "August Lange". In Helle, Knut (ed.). Norsk biografisk leksikon (in Norwegian). Oslo: Kunnskapsforlaget. Retrieved 9 June 2009.
- Parliament of Norway. Retrieved 9 June 2009.
- ^ Børre R. Giertsen, ed. (1946). Norsk fangeleksikon. Grinifangene (in Norwegian). Oslo: Cappelen. p. 32.
- Store norske leksikon(in Norwegian). Oslo: Kunnskapsforlaget. Retrieved 9 June 2009.
- ^ Lange, August (1946). ""Gamle Grini"". In August Lange, Johan Schreiner (ed.). Griniboken (in Norwegian). Vol. 1. Oslo: Gyldendal. pp. 7–126.
