Bjørn Tysdahl (20 October 1933 – 17 December 2020) was a Norwegian literary historian.

He grew up in Kampen, Oslo. He took his education at the University of Oslo, from 1961 as a research fellow. Following the doctoral thesis Joyce and Ibsen: A Study in Literary Influence, he worked at the University of Sussex before becoming a professor of English literature at the University of Oslo. He was especially known for his biography on Oscar Wilde. He was a fellow of the Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters from 1988.

Bjørn Tysdahl

He resided at Hosle. He died in December 2020, aged 87.

Bjørn Tysdahl

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1933 births

2020 deaths

Norwegian literary historians

University of Oslo alumni

Academics of the University of Sussex

Academic staff of the University of Oslo

Norwegian expatriates in England

Henrik Ibsen researchers

Members of the Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters

Bjørn Tysdahl