August Lange
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Christian August Manthey Lange (28 April 1907 – 6 August 1970) was a Norwegian educator, non-fiction writer and cultural attaché
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, as a son of politician and Nobel Laureate Christian Lous Lange
(1869–1938) and his wife Bertha Manthey (1867–1947). He was a brother of politician and Minister of Foreign Affairs Halvard Lange
, and of Parliament of Norway member Carl Viggo Manthey Lange
. He spent part of his childhood in Brussels
, where his father had a position as secretary-general of the Inter-Parliamentary Union.
his secondary education in 1924, enrolled at the University of Oslo
where he studied history, and graduated as cand.philol. in 1933. He worked as a teacher in Oslo from 1934. In 1939 he issued the history text book 6000 år. Verdenshistorie for den høgre skolen, in cooperation with Nic. Stang
.
he participated in resistance work. He was arrested in June 1941 and held at Møllergata 19
until October 1941, at Grini concentration camp from October 1941 to April 1943, and at the Sachsenhausen concentration camp
until end of World War II. He issued the book 3 fra Sachsenhausen in 1945, together with Carl Johan Frederik Jakhelln
and Olav Larssen
, where he wrote the article "Ved livets grense" about Norwegian prisoners in Sachsenhausen. In 1946 and 1947 the two-volume book Griniboken was issued, edited by Lange and Johan Schreiner
, with contributions from several of the prisoner at Grini. Lange's contribution is the chapter "Gamle Grini", where he gives an overview of the camp in the period he spent at Grini.
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.
Attaché
Attaché is a French term in diplomacy referring to a person who is assigned to the diplomatic or administrative staff of a higher placed person or another service or agency...
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Personal life
Lange was born in KristianiaOslo
Oslo is a municipality, as well as the capital and most populous city in Norway. As a municipality , it was established on 1 January 1838. Founded around 1048 by King Harald III of Norway, the city was largely destroyed by fire in 1624. The city was moved under the reign of Denmark–Norway's King...
, as a son of politician and Nobel Laureate Christian Lous Lange
Christian Lous Lange
Christian Lous Lange was a Norwegian historian, teacher, and political scientist. He was one of the world's foremost exponents of the theory and practice of internationalism....
(1869–1938) and his wife Bertha Manthey (1867–1947). He was a brother of politician and Minister of Foreign Affairs Halvard Lange
Halvard Lange
Halvard Manthey Lange was a Norwegian diplomat, politician and statesman.He became a member of the Norwegian Labour Party in 1927. Two years later, in 1929, he earned a Master of Arts degree...
, and of Parliament of Norway member Carl Viggo Manthey Lange
Carl Viggo Manthey Lange
Carl Viggo Manthey Lange was a Norwegian physician and politician for the Labour Party.He was born in Kristiania as a son of Christian Lous Lange and Bertha Manthey , and brother of August and Halvard Manthey Lange. He enrolled as a student in 1922, and graduated with the cand.med. degre in 1929...
. He spent part of his childhood in Brussels
Brussels
Brussels , officially the Brussels Region or Brussels-Capital Region , is the capital of Belgium and the de facto capital of the European Union...
, where his father had a position as secretary-general of the Inter-Parliamentary Union.
Career
Lange finishedExamen artium
Examen artium was the name of the academic certification conferred in Denmark and Norway, qualifying the student for admission to university studies. Examen artium was originally introduced as the entrance exam of the University of Copenhagen in 1630...
his secondary education in 1924, enrolled at the University of Oslo
University of Oslo
The University of Oslo , formerly The Royal Frederick University , is the oldest and largest university in Norway, situated in the Norwegian capital of Oslo. The university was founded in 1811 and was modelled after the recently established University of Berlin...
where he studied history, and graduated as cand.philol. in 1933. He worked as a teacher in Oslo from 1934. In 1939 he issued the history text book 6000 år. Verdenshistorie for den høgre skolen, in cooperation with Nic. Stang
Nic. Stang
Nicolay Milberg Stang was a Norwegian art historian, philologist, publicist and writer. Nicolay Stang was born in Kristiansand, in Vest-Agder County, Norway. He graduated from the Hamar Cathedral School in 1926. He earned his cand.philol. during 1933 from the University of Oslo...
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World War II
Following the outbreak of World War IIWorld War II
World War II, or the Second World War , was a global conflict lasting from 1939 to 1945, involving most of the world's nations—including all of the great powers—eventually forming two opposing military alliances: the Allies and the Axis...
he participated in resistance work. He was arrested in June 1941 and held at Møllergata 19
Møllergata 19
Møllergata 19 is an address in Oslo, Norway where the city's main police station and jail was located. The address gained notoriety during the German occupation from 1940 to 1945, when the Nazi security police kept its headquarters here...
until October 1941, at Grini concentration camp from October 1941 to April 1943, and at the Sachsenhausen concentration camp
Sachsenhausen concentration camp
Sachsenhausen or Sachsenhausen-Oranienburg was a Nazi concentration camp in Oranienburg, Germany, used primarily for political prisoners from 1936 to the end of the Third Reich in May, 1945. After World War II, when Oranienburg was in the Soviet Occupation Zone, the structure was used as an NKVD...
until end of World War II. He issued the book 3 fra Sachsenhausen in 1945, together with Carl Johan Frederik Jakhelln
Carl Johan Frederik Jakhelln
Carl Johan Frederik Jakhelln was a Norwegian diplomat and writer.He was born in Andenne, Belgium, as the son of jurist and diplomatist Johan Fredrik Winter Jakhelln. The family lived in five countries when Jakhelln was young, and he took his first higher education at Sorø Academy before moving to...
and Olav Larssen
Olav Larssen
Olav Larssen was a Norwegian newspaper editor.He was a typographer by education. He edited the Labour Party newspapers Demokraten in Hamar from 1920 to 1927, and Hamar Arbeiderblad from 1927 to 1935. In 1935 he was hired as a journalist in Arbeiderbladet...
, where he wrote the article "Ved livets grense" about Norwegian prisoners in Sachsenhausen. In 1946 and 1947 the two-volume book Griniboken was issued, edited by Lange and Johan Schreiner
Johan Schreiner
Johan Christian Schreiner was a Norwegian historian. He was a professor at the University of Oslo, and his speciality was the Middle Ages.-Personal life:...
, with contributions from several of the prisoner at Grini. Lange's contribution is the chapter "Gamle Grini", where he gives an overview of the camp in the period he spent at Grini.
Post war
Lange was cultural attachéAttaché
Attaché is a French term in diplomacy referring to a person who is assigned to the diplomatic or administrative staff of a higher placed person or another service or agency...
at the Norwegian embassy in Moscow
Moscow
Moscow is the capital, the most populous city, and the most populous federal subject of Russia. The city is a major political, economic, cultural, scientific, religious, financial, educational, and transportation centre of Russia and the continent...
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
University of Oslo
The University of Oslo , formerly The Royal Frederick University , is the oldest and largest university in Norway, situated in the Norwegian capital of Oslo. The university was founded in 1811 and was modelled after the recently established University of Berlin...
. He died in 1970, by drowning.