Arild Stubhaug

Arild Stubhaug (born 25 May 1948) is a Norwegian mathematician, poet and biographer.

Arild Stubhaug
Born (1948-05-05) 5 May 1948
Naustdal, Norway
NationalityNorwegian
OccupationMathematician, poet and biographer
Spouse(s)Kari Bøge
Awards

Stubhaug was born in Naustdal, and is married to Kari Bøge. He made his literary debut in 1970 with the poetry collection Utkantane. He has written biographies of the mathematicians Sophus Lie, Niels Henrik Abel and Gösta Mittag-Leffler.[1]

He received the Brage Prize in 1996 for the biography Et foranskutt lyn. Niels Henrik Abel og hans tid,[2] translated into English under the title Niels Henrik Abel and his Times:Called Too Soon by Flames Afar,

He followed up with the 250-year history of the Royal Norwegian Society of Sciences and Letters (2010) and biographies of Jacob Aall (2014) and Stein Rokkan (2019).

Awards

References

  1. Godal, Anne Marit (ed.). "Arild Stubhaug". Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Oslo: Norsk nettleksikon. Retrieved 16 December 2014.
  2. "Tidligere vinnere av Brageprisen" (in Norwegian). Archived from the original on 2008-06-10. Retrieved 2008-10-20.
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