Norwegian Institute of Local History
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Norwegian Institute of Local History is an agency under the Norwegian Ministry of Culture and Church Affairs
. It was established in 1955. Its purposes are to "encourage and promote local and regional history" in Norway and to "stimulate a high professional and pedagogical level of research in local history". The current director is Knut Sprauten
.
It runs the website Lokalhistorie.no, and publishes the periodical Lokalhistorisk magasin in cooperation with the National Federation of Local History Associations.
Norwegian Ministry of Culture and Church Affairs
The Royal Norwegian Ministry of Culture is responsible for cultural policy, regulations and other matters related to the media and sports. The ministry was established in 1982, at which time it was called the Ministry of Cultural and Scientific Affairs. Until then, the Ministry of Church and...
. It was established in 1955. Its purposes are to "encourage and promote local and regional history" in Norway and to "stimulate a high professional and pedagogical level of research in local history". The current director is Knut Sprauten
Knut Sprauten
Knut Sprauten is a Norwegian historian.He hails from Namdal, and took the cand.philol. degree in 1974. He was hired as the head of a department in the National Archival Services of Norway in 1991. In 1992 he released Byen ved festningen: fra 1536 til 1814, volume two of the work Oslo bys historie,...
.
It runs the website Lokalhistorie.no, and publishes the periodical Lokalhistorisk magasin in cooperation with the National Federation of Local History Associations.