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Francis Sejersted became a member of what organization or association in 1989?
Francis Sejersted Francis Sejersted ( 8 February 1936 – 25 August 2015 ) was a Norwegian history professor and the chairman of the Norwegian Nobel Committee ( which awards the Nobel Peace Prize ) from 1991 until 1995 . Early life . Sejersted was born in Oslo . He performed his military service at the prestigious Russian language program of the Norwegian Armed Forces . He was later educated in history as well as Nordic linguistics and literature at the University of Oslo and achieved a cand.philol . degree in 1965 and a doctorate in 1973 . In 1962 Francis Sejersted was president of the Norwegian Students Association representing the student wing of the Conservative Party of Norway , a party with which he remained affiliated . Career . From 1971 to 1973 Sejersted served as docent in history at the University of Oslo and was thereafter professor of social and economic history at the same institution until 1998 . From 1988 to 1998 he served as Director of the Centre for Technology and Culture at the University and from 1999 until his death in 2015 he was a fellow of the Institute for Social Research . As a historian , Sejersteds field of expertise was the economical , technological and political history of Scandinavian countries between the Napoleonic Wars and World War II . From 1971-1975 he was editor of Historisk Tidsskrift ( Historical Review ) and since 1984 served as Co-Editor of Nytt norsk tidsskrift . Sejersted was a Member of the board at the Institute for Comparative Cultural Studies 1974-1982 and at the Norwegian Research Council for Basic Research 1980-1983 as well as Chairman of the Norwegian Science Policy Council 1984–1988 . Sejersted was a member of the Norwegian Nobel Committee ( which awards the Nobel Peace Prize ) from 1982 to 1999 , and from 1991 to 1995 was its chairman . From 1990 to 1999 he also was board member of the Nobel Foundation in Stockholm . From 1996 to 1996 he chaired the governmental Freedom of Expression Commission in Norway and became Chairman of The Freedom of Expression Foundation in 2000 . In 1985 he entered the Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters , in 1989 the Academia Europaea , The Royal Danish Academy of Sciences in 1993 , The Norwegian Academy of Technological Sciences 1995 , The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences 1997 and finally in 2001 The Royal Norwegian Society of Sciences and Letters . He was also a member of the Norwegian Academy for Language and Literature . In 1999 he became an Honorary Doctor at University of Linköping , Sweden . Francis Sejersted was Commander of the Royal Norwegian Order of St . Olav , of Denmarks Order of the Dannebrog and of Swedens Order of the Polar Star . Death . Sejersted suffered a long illness and died on 25 August 2015 in Oslo , aged 79 .