Berge Furre

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Berge Ragnar Furre (born April 13, 1937 in Sjernarøy) is a Norwegian historian, theologian and politician for the Socialist Left Party.

Furre moved to Stavanger in 1946 and Oslo in 1947. In 1959 he was the leader of Det Norske Studentersamfund. He was a member of the Labour Party, but as chairman of Sosialistisk Studentlag (1956-1957) he was central in the so-called "easter uprising" in 1958. He later left the Labour Party to found the Socialist Left Party together with other prominent persons in the easter uprising, such as Finn Gustavsen.

Furre graduated with a cand.philol. degree in 1968. He was professor in history at the University of Tromsø between 1985 and 1986, having worked there since 1971. From 1991 to 2007 he was a professor in church history at the University of Oslo. He took education as a priest in 1998.

Furre was a member of the Norwegian Parliament for the Socialist Left Party from 1973 to 1977, representing the contituency Rogaland. He chaired the party from 1977 to 1983.

He is a current member of the Norwegian Nobel Committee since 2003. He was a member of the Lund commission 1994–1996. During this period Furre himself was secretly investigated; when this came to light it prompted the Minister of Justice and the Police at that time, Grete Faremo, to resign from her current post of Minister of Energy.[1]

Furre has written a number of books, particularly about historical and political topics. Furre's book:Norsk historie 1905-1990 : vårt hundreår, is used as a general introduction to Norwegian history at several universities and university colleges. He was the editor-in-chief of Syn og Segn in 1967-1971, and vice chairman of Noregs Mållag in 1960-1970.

[edit] Selected bibliography

  • 1990 Soga om Lars Oftedal ISBN 82-521-3468-8 - about the clergyman Lars Oftedal
  • 1992 Norsk historie 1905-1990 : vårt hundreår (History of Norway 1905-1990 : our century) ISBN 82-521-3487-4
  • 2000 Norsk historie 1914-2000 Industrisamfunnet - frå vokstervisse til framtidstvil (History of Norway 1914-2000) ISBN 82-521-5187-6

[edit] References

  1. ^ Stortinget, Møte mandag den 16. desember kl. 10 1996. Sak nr. 1: Redegjørelse av statsministeren i tilknytning til meldingen av 5. desember 1996 fra Stortingets kontrollutvalg for etterretnings-, overvåknings- og sikkerhetstjenesten. Stortinget.no (Norwegian)


Political offices
Preceded by
Berit Ås		 Leader of the Socialist Left Party
1977–1983		 Succeeded by
Theo Koritzinsky