Ingrid Semmingsen
| Ingrid Semmingsen | |
|---|---|
| Born |
29 March 1910 Hamar |
| Died | 31 May 1995 (aged 85) Oslo |
| Citizenship | Norwegian |
| Fields |
American history social history emigration history |
| Institutions | University of Oslo |
| Alma mater | University of Oslo |
| Academic advisors |
Edvard Bull, Sr. Sverre Steen |
| Influenced |
Odd Lovoll Einar Niemi |
Ingrid Elisabeth Semmingsen (29 March 1910 in Hamar, Hedmark – 31 May 1995) was a Norwegian historian. Appointed as a professor at the University of Oslo in 1963, she was the first female professor of history in Norway.
Semmingsen was born in Hamar, as the daughter of Lieutenant Colonel and farmer Peter Thorvald Gaustad (1878–1949) and his wife Gudvor, née Todderud (1884–1956). She grew up at a farm in Stange. In 1939 she married Rolf Ingvar Semmingsen, a bureaucrat who served as director of the Norwegian Price Directorate.
Semmingsen took the cand.philol. degree in 1935 with a paper on the lower class in her native Hedmark from 1850 to 1900. She appeared in radio programs with popular singer Alf Prøysen, who came from a such social background. Her grandfather and great-grandfather had both been involved in the Marcus Thrane movement. Ingrid was a member of the radical group Mot Dag for a short period.
She later concentrated on American history and the Norwegian immigration to the United States. Her first publication was the 1938 article Utvandringen til Amerika 1866–1873, which was printed in the journal Historisk Tidsskrift. She published En verdensmakt blir til. De forente staters historie in 1946, with a second edition in 1972, as well as the work Veien mot vest in two volumes in 1941 and 1950. The second volume earned her the dr.philos. degree in 1951, becoming the first female history doctor in Norway. She was appointed professor in American history at the University of Oslo in 1963, as the first female professor of history in Norway.
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