Jens Arup Seip
Norwegian historian
Died when: 86 years 330 days (1042 months)Star Sign: Libra
Jens Lauritz Arup Seip (11 October 1905 – 5 September 1992) was a Norwegian historian originally trained as a medieval historian, but stood out as the strongest of his time in interpreting Norwegian political history in the 1800s, particularly known for having created the term "embedsmannsstaten".
He was a professor at the University of Oslo from 1952 to 1975, he specialized in political history and the history of ideas.
He was married to fellow historian Anne-Lise Seip.Seip's use of the Norwegian language and his writing style which numerous historians have described as brilliant, and often tried emulating.
Seip was included among the 16 authors of " The Norwegian literary canon" from 1900 to 1960 and 2nd among 20 authors in a ranking of nonfiction writers conducted by Dagbladet in 2008.
Seip received an honorary doctorate at the University of Bergen from 1975.
