Arvid Møller
{{Short description|Norwegian journalist and writer (1939–2020)}}
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| birth_place = Strinda Municipality, Norway
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| death_place = Lillehammer Municipality, Norway
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| awards = King's Medal of Merit (2005)
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Arvid Møller (14 October 1939 – 26 September 2020) was a Norwegian journalist and non-fiction writer, born in Strinda Municipality. Having worked as journalist for various newspapers, he was eventually assigned with NRK for about forty years. In addition to these assignments, he wrote more than one hundred books, many of them biographies of well known and lesser known people.
Career
Born in Strinda Municipality on 14 October 1939, Møller grew up in Voss Municipality.
From 1959 onwards Møller worked as journalist for the newspapers Gula Tidend, Fredrikstad Blad, Gudbrandsdølen, Lillehammer Tilskuer and Dagningen. From 1969 he was appointed as journalist at NRK's regional office in Lillehammer, where he worked for about forty years.{{cite encyclopedia |title=Arvid Møller |first=Jon |last=Grepstad |authorlink=Jon Grepstad |editor-first=Per Magnus Finnanger |editor-last=Sandsmark |encyclopedia=Allkunne |publisher=Nynorsk kultursentrum |url=https://www.allkunne.no/framside/biografiar/m/arvid-moller/96/2023/ |language=Norwegian |access-date=20 March 2021}}
Møller wrote more than hundred books, including biographies of the artists Frans Widerberg, Kåre Tveter, Olav Mosebekk, Per Ung and Harald Kihle, skier Håkon Brusveen, missionary Annie Skau Berntsen, politician John Alvheim, Queen Maud, Princess Märtha, Norwegian-Canadian skiing pioneer Herman Smith-Johannsen,{{cite book |author=Arvid Møller |title=Høvding Herman : fortellingen om Herman Smith-Johannsen |trans-title= Chief Herman : tales about Herman Smith-Johannnsen |date=1980 |publisher=Aschehoug |location=Oslo |isbn=8-2031-0394-4}} as well as biographies of "ordinary people" and local legends.{{cite encyclopedia |title=Arvid Møller |editor-first=Erik |editor-last=Bolstad |encyclopedia=Store norske leksikon |publisher=Norsk nettleksikon |url=https://snl.no/Arvid_Møller |language=Norwegian |access-date=20 March 2021}} He also wrote books on other subjects, including nature and art.
He was awarded Austmannaprisen in 1969. In 2000, he received a cultural prize for Gudbrandsdalen. In 2005, he was awarded the King's Medal of Merit in gold.{{cite web |url=https://www.kongehuset.no/tildelinger.html?tid=28028&sek=27995&q=M%C3%B8ller%2C+Arvid&type=&aarstall= |website=kongehuset.no |title=Tildelinger av ordener og medaljer – 31.01.2005 Møller, Arvid |language=no |access-date=20 March 2021}}
Møller died at Lillehammer on 26 or 27 September 2020.
Selected works
- {{cite book |title=Barn på flukt |others=(Biography of Johan Åsgård) |location=Oslo |publisher=Luther |year=1982 |isbn=9788253141541 |oclc=1028246802 }}{{cite book |url=https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/1028246802 |via=worldcat.org |title=Barn på flukt |oclc=1028246802 |access-date=24 April 2021}}
- {{cite book |title=Novikfolket |location=Oslo |publisher=Aschehoug |year=1982 |isbn=9788203107733 |oclc=941437642 }}{{cite book |url=https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/941437642 |via=worldcat.org |title=Novikfolket |oclc=941437642 |access-date=24 April 2021}}
- {{cite book |title=Australiafarere – nordmenn som tok en annen vei |location=Oslo |publisher=Cappelen |year=1986 |isbn= |oclc= }}{{cite book |url=https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/1028245061 |via=worldcat.org |title=Australiafarere nordmenn som tok en annen vei |oclc=1028245061 |access-date=24 April 2021}}
- {{cite book |title=Se Norges OL-dal! Lillehammer og Gudbrandsdalen |location=Oslo |publisher=Cappelen |year=1989 |isbn=9788202117467 |oclc=1028258118 }}{{cite book |url=https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/1028258118 |via=worldcat.org |title=Se Norges OL-dal! Lillehammer og Gudbrandsdalen |oclc=1028258118 |access-date=24 April 2021}}
- {{cite book |title=Sikkilsdalen – bufast folk, jegere og turister, Prinsehytta - i Kongens eie i 65 år, hestene slippes! |location=Oslo |publisher=Grøndahl |year=1989 |isbn=9788250417014 |oclc=1028259903 }}{{cite book |url=https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/1028259903 |via=worldcat.org |title=Sikkilsdalen bufast folk, jegere og turister, Prinsehytta - i Kongens eie i 65 år, hestene slippes! |oclc=1028259903 |access-date=24 April 2021}}
- {{cite book |title=Den ukjente krigen – til minne om norske soldater i Stillehavet |location=Oslo |publisher=Atheneum |year=1990 |isbn=9788273341693 |oclc=1028260465 }}{{cite book |url=https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/1028260465 |via=worldcat.org |title=Den ukjente krigen til minne om norske soldater i Stillehavet |oclc=1028260465 |access-date=24 April 2021}}
- {{cite book |title=Galdhøpiggen |location=Oslo |publisher=Cappelen |year=1994 |isbn=9788202141332 |oclc=1028342724 }}{{cite book |url=https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/1028342724 |via=worldcat.org |title=Galdhøpiggen |oclc=1028342724 |access-date=24 April 2021}}
- {{cite book |title=Nisselue og fem par bukser |others=illustrated by Herb. |location=Vinterbro |publisher=Atheneum |year=1994 |isbn=9788273341945 |oclc=1028244930 }}{{cite book |url=https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/1028244930 |via=worldcat.org |title=Nisselue og fem par bukser |oclc=1028244930 |access-date=24 April 2021}}
- {{cite book |title=Oskar Sørreime |location=Lillehammer |publisher=Thorsrud |year=1999 |isbn=9788278470473 |oclc=1028332751 }}{{cite book |url=https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/1028332751 |via=worldcat.org |title=Oskar Sørreime |oclc=1028332751 |access-date=24 April 2021}}
- {{cite book |title=Juvasshytta – et herberge oppunder Galdhøpiggen |location=Lillehammer |publisher=Thorsrud |year=2000 |isbn=9788278470558 |oclc=1028317105 }}{{cite book |url=https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/1028317105 |via=worldcat.org |title=Juvasshytta et herberge oppunder Galdhøpiggen |oclc=1028317105 |access-date=24 April 2021}}
- {{cite book |title=Beitostølen fra stølsgrend til turistmetropol |location=Lillehammer |publisher=Thorsrud |year=2003 |isbn=9788278470978 |oclc=1028359966 }}{{cite book |url=https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/1028359966 |via=worldcat.org |title=Beitostølen fra stølsgrend til turistmetropol |oclc=1028359966 |access-date=24 April 2021}}
- {{cite book |title=Skåbu – ei fjellbygd i Jotunheimens forgård |location=Lillehammer |publisher=Thorsrud |year=2003 |isbn=9788278470961 |oclc=1028386153 }}{{cite book |url=https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/1028386153 |via=worldcat.org |title=Skåbu ei fjellbygd i Jotunheimens forgård |oclc=1028386153 |access-date=24 April 2021}}
- {{cite book |title=Ville, vakre Lofoten |others=illustrations: Dagfinn Bakke |location=Oslo |publisher=Lunde |year=2004 |isbn=9788252047578 |oclc=1028303650 }}{{cite book |url=https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/1028303650 |via=worldcat.org |title=Ville, vakre Lofoten |oclc=1028303650 |access-date=24 April 2021}}
- {{cite book |title=Først i sporet : på Madshus-ski gjennom 100 år |location=Oslo |publisher=Kagge |year=2006 |isbn=9788248906148 |oclc=938814882 }}{{cite book |url=https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/938814882 |via=worldcat.org |title=Først i sporet : på Madshus-ski gjennom 100 år |oclc=938814882 |access-date=24 April 2021}}
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Category:Writers from Trondheim
Category:Norwegian journalists
Category:Norwegian non-fiction writers
Category:Norwegian biographers