Jørgen Haugan

{{short description|Norwegian author and lecturer (born 1941)}}

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Jørgen Haugan (born 1941) in Trondheim is a Norwegian author and lecturer. He was written a number of books, principally biographies of noted Scandinavian writers.[http://www.aschehougagency.no/authors/aschehoug/aschehoug_fiction/haugan_joergen Jørgen Haugan (Aschehoug)]

Haugan earned a doctorate in philosophy in 1977 from the University of Copenhagen with a thesis on Henrik Ibsen.[http://www.gyldendal.no/Skjoennlitteratur/Essays-lyrikk-og-skuespill/Dommedag-og-djevlepakt Dommedag og djevlepakt. Henrik Ibsens forfatterskap - fullt og helt (Gyldendal Norsk Forlag AS)]

Haugan received the Georg Brandes award for his biography of Martin Andersen Nexø in 1999. Haugan completed his biography of Knut Hamsun in 2004. Haugan works as a lecturer in the Department of Scandinavian Studies and Linguistics at the University of Copenhagen. He had previously worked at the University of Trondheim.[http://www.gyldendal.no/Forfattere/Haugan-Joergen Jørgen Haugan (f. 1941) (Gyldendal Norsk Forlag AS)]

[http://inss.ku.dk/ansatte/?pure=da/persons/142444 Jørgen Haugan, Lektor emeritus (Institut for Nordiske Studier og Sprogvidenskab. Københavns Universitet)]