Sølvi Sogner
Sølvi Sogner was a Norwegian historian. She was a professor at the University of Oslo from 1988 to 2002.Biography
Sogner was born in Trondheim, Norway. She was the daughter of Trygve Bauge and Sidsel Schulz. In 1959, she married fellow historian Bjørn Sogner.
From 1957-1964, she was a scientific assistant at the Norwegian Institute of Local History. Sogner became university lecturer in 1975 and dr.philos. in 1976. She became an associate professor at the University of Oslo in 1974 and a professor from 1988. She was a member of the Norwegian Academy of Sciences from 1994 and head of the International Commission for Historical Demographic Research. She was a board member of the Norwegian Institute of Local History and chairman.
Much of her research dealt with the subject of demographics. Among her publications were and in which she researched 17th century Norwegian immigration to Amsterdam and to the Netherlands. She wrote about the period 1500-1750 in Cappelens kvinnehistorie, and volume 6 in Aschehougs Norgeshistorie.Selected works
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