Kolbjørn Fjeld

Kolbjørn Fjeld was a Norwegian librarian and publisher. He chaired the publishing house Tiden Norsk Forlag between 1933 and 1971.

Biography

Fjeld was born in Eidskog Municipality on 4 June 1901, a son of schoolteacher Ole Fjeld and Sofie Gundersen. In 1933 he married dentist Randi Utheim Medbø.
He worked for the library Deichmanske bibliotek from 1919 to 1933. He graduated as a master of science from the Columbia University in 1930. From 1933 to 1971 he chaired the publishing house Tiden Norsk Forlag.
He died in Oslo on 4 May 1978.