Harald Alfsen

Harald Didrik Alfsen (October 6, 1873 – August 24, 1949) was a Norwegian engineer and writer.[1][2][3]

Harald Alfsen
Born(1873-10-06)October 6, 1873
Kristiania (now Oslo), Norway
DiedAugust 24, 1949(1949-08-24) (aged 75)
Oslo, Norway
OccupationScience fiction writer, engineer
Spouse(s)Alma Wiktoria Alfsen
Parents
  • Even Alfsen (father)
  • Anne Johane Marie Alfsen (mother)

Alfsen graduated from the Kristiania Technical School in 1894. In the following years he was employed at the Kristiania Reinforced Concrete and Concrete Products Factory (Norwegian: Kristiania Monier- og Cementvarefabrik), and he was then a city engineer in Porsgrunn. He participated in the development of the Grenland municipal power company. He was in charge of programming for the radio station in Porsgrunn in 1927. For the University of Oslo, he served as the technical head for the excavation of Rakni's Mound. Alfsen was a teacher at the Oslo Technical School for a time, and he published several textbooks. He also wrote novels, plays, and children's books. In 1899 he made his debut with the science fiction novel Jernmennesket (The Iron Man), published under the pseudonym Finn Fare.[4]

Bibliography
  • Jernmennesket (The Iron Man), 1899
  • Betonskibsbygning (Concrete Ship Construction), 1917
  • Veslefrikk med fela (Little Freddy and His Fiddle), 1923
  • Småfortellinger (Short Stories) 1926
  • Porsgrunns kommunale elektrisitetsverk 1901–1931 (The Porsgrunn Municipal Power Station, 1901–1931), 1931
  • Oppgaver i praktisk regning (Exercises in Applied Mathematics) 1945
  • Teknisk skrift (Technical Writing), 1945, reprints: 1963, 1972, 1977, 1979

References
  1. Jahren, Per; Sui, Tongbo (2017). History Of Concrete: A Very Old And Modern Material. Singapore: World Scientific Publishing. p. 217.
  2. Emperger, Fritz (1926). Handbuch für Eisenbetonbau. Berlin: W. Ernst & Sohn. p. 450.
  3. "Ingeniør Harald Alfsen". Porsgrunns Dagblad (196). August 27, 1949. p. 2. Retrieved July 23, 2020.
  4. Dahl, Willy (1993). Dødens fortellere. Bergen: Eide forlag. ISBN 8251404037.
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