Audun Dybdahl (born 10 September 1944, died 22 June 2021) was a Norwegian historian of the Middle Ages. He was professor of history at the Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU).

Audun Dybdahl
Born(1944-09-10)10 September 1944
Died22 June 2021(2021-06-22) (aged 76)
AwardsMember of the Royal Norwegian Society of Sciences and Letters; Scandinavian University Press Academic Journal Prize
Scientific career
FieldsHistory
InstitutionsNorwegian University of Science and Technology
Thesis Jordeiendomsforhold og godseiere i Trøndelag  (1980)

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Audun Dybdahl studied at the universities of Oslo and Trondheim, and earned his cand.philol. degree in 1968 and his dr.philos. degree in 1980 with a dissertation on mediaeval estate owners in Trøndelag. He was a specialist on Norwegian mediaeval history, and his major works included Fosens historie, Trøndelags historie and Klima, uår og kriser i Norge gjennom de siste 1000 år, a monograph on changing climate and crises over the past millennium.[1]

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