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Kari Vogt

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Kari Vogt
Born(1939-04-03)3 April 1939
Oslo, Norway
Died19 September 2024(2024-09-19) (aged 85)
NationalityNorwegian
OccupationReligious historian
RelativesHans Vogt (uncle)
Vebjørn Tandberg (uncle)
AwardsFritt Ord Honorary Award (1996)

Kari Vogt (3 April 1939 – 19 September 2024) was a Norwegian religious historian. She wrote several books, and was a board member of the Norwegian Academy of Literature and Freedom of Expression, and of the Norwegian chapter of PEN International.

Career

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Vogt graduated in religious studies from the University of Oslo in 1965, with the thesis Urmenneskeskikkelsen i de manikeiske Thomas-salmene, and also studied in Paris. She was appointed at the University of Oslo from 1967.[1]

Her books include Islams hus from 1993, Kommet for å bli from 1995, Reise i Iran from 1997, and Islam på norsk from 2000. She was board member of the Norwegian Academy of Literature and Freedom of Expression and the Norwegian chapter of PEN International.[1][2]

She received the Fritt Ord Honorary Award for 1996.[3]

Personal life and death

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Vogt was born in Oslo to physician Erik Theodor Vogt and psychologist Bodil Therese Tandberg, and is a niece of linguist Hans Vogt and electronics engineer Vebjørn Tandberg.[1]

Vogt died on 19 September 2024, at the age of 85.[4]

References

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  1. ^ a b c Kværne, Per. "Kari Vogt". In Helle, Knut (ed.). Norsk biografisk leksikon (in Norwegian). Oslo: Kunnskapsforlaget. Retrieved 13 July 2016.
  2. ^ Godal, Anne Marit (ed.). "Kari Vogt". Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Oslo: Norsk nettleksikon. Retrieved 13 July 2016.
  3. ^ "Fritt Ords Honnør 1996 - Kari Vogt". frittord.no (in Norwegian). Retrieved 9 July 2020.
  4. ^ Kari Vogt er død (in Norwegian)