Dagfinn Mannsåker

{{Short description|Norwegian historian}}

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Dagfinn Mannsåker (30 June 1916 – 16 July 1994) was a Norwegian archivist and historian.

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He was born at Ullensvang in Hordaland, Norway. He was the brother of Bergfrid Fjose. He took the dr.philos. degree in 1955, on the thesis Det norske presteskapet i det nittande hundreåret. Sosialhistoriske studiar. He worked as a school teacher from 1954 to 1959, lecturer at the University of Oslo from 1959 to 1965 and national archivist from 1965 to 1982. He edited the academic journal Historisk Tidsskrift for many years, and contributed to Norsk Biografisk Leksikon.{{cite encyclopedia |year=2007 |title=Mannsåker, Dagfinn |encyclopedia=Store norske leksikon |publisher=Kunnskapsforlaget |url=http://www.snl.no/Dagfinn_Manns%C3%A5ker }} From 1966 to 1972 he chaired the Norwegian Historical Association (Den norske historiske forening).{{cite web|url=http://hifo.b.uib.no/om-hifo/historikk/|title=Historikk|publisher=Norwegian Historical Association|language=Norwegian|accessdate=28 April 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140413155500/http://hifo.b.uib.no/om-hifo/historikk/|archive-date=13 April 2014|url-status=dead}}{{cite web|url= https://snl.no/Den_norske_historiske_forening|title= Den norske historiske forening|publisher = Store norske leksikon|accessdate= 1 January 2017 }}