Jan Brøgger
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, Ethiopia
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, the Sudan
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, Portugal
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, and Malaysia.
Jan Brøgger was probably most known as an active participant in the Norwegian public sphere
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for several decades. He was a popular lecturer and regular columnist in national newspapers. His initial notability was due to his strongly anti-Communist/anti-radical stance in a university environment where this was unconventional, with several books (in Norwegian only ) published. Brøgger also published on a variety of topics.