Didrik Arup Seip

[[File:Didrik Arup Seip OB.F06415c.jpg|thumb|Didrik Arup Seip]] '''Didrik Arup Seip''' (31 August 1884 – 3 May 1963) was a professor of North Germanic languages at the [[University of Oslo]].

He earned his doctorate ([[dr.philos.]]) in 1916 and was appointed professor the same year, retiring in 1954. Together with Herman Jæger, he edited and published the collected works of [[Henrik Wergeland]] in 23 volumes (''Samlede Skrifter : trykt og utrykt'', 1918–1940). From 1937 until 1945, he served as the [[rector (academia)|rector]] of the university.

Seip was a member of the [[Administrative Council (Norway)|Administrative Council]], the temporary civil government of Norway during [[occupation of Norway by Nazi Germany|German military occupation]], in 1940. He was removed from his post as rector of the university in 1941. He was interned by the Nazis at [[Grini concentration camp]], and was later transferred to [[Sachsenhausen concentration camp|Sachsenhausen]], but was released in 1943 as a direct result of the efforts made by the [[Sweden|Swedish]] explorer [[Sven Hedin]], using Hedin's relations with many high-ranking German Nazi officials, including [[Hitler]]. He wrote about his life during the war in his 1946 book: At home and in enemy country.<ref>Seip, Didrik Arup. 1946. Hjemme og i fiendeland 1940-45. Gyldendal norsk forlag.</ref>

Even while being held prisoner, Seip carried out official university ceremonies, including the immatriculation of some students who also were imprisoned in Germany during the war.

He was an honorary doctor at the University of Hamburg (1938) and at Sorbonne (1945). He obtained the Norwegian [[Order of St. Olav]] (1945).

He was also an editorial committee member of ''[[Norsk biografisk leksikon]]''.<ref>{{cite encyclopedia|encyclopedia=[[Norsk biografisk leksikon]]|publisher=Aschehoug|location=Oslo|editor1=[[Einar Jansen|Jansen, Einar]] |editor2=[[Jonas Jansen|Jansen, Jonas]] |editor3=[[Øyvind Anker|Anker, Øyvind]] |editor4=[[Gunvald Bøe|Bøe, Gunvald]] |edition=1st|year=1962|volume=14|page=title page|language=Norwegian}}</ref>

He was the grandfather of professor of pediatrics [[Ola Didrik Saugstad]].

== Bibliography == Tuneld, John (1981): ''Didrik Arup Seip: en bibliografi'' [[Det Norske Samlaget]]. {{ISBN|9788252118728}}

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