death_place death_date name birth_date article_title birth_name
norway 24 january 2012 arild haaland norway arild haaland
 1919 12 13
arild haaland

arild haaland -lrb- 1919 -- 24 january 2012 -rrb- was a norwegian philosopher , literary historian , translator and non-fiction writer .
he was born in bergen .
his thesis from 1956 was an analysis of the nazism in germany .
he was decorated knight , first class of the order of st. olav in 1979 .
he received the fritt ord award in 1992 .
haaland was portrayed by sculptor arnold haukeland , and by the painters odd nerdrum and karl erik harr .
