Rune Slagstad
Slagstad in 1980
Born	(1945-02-22)22 February 1945 (age 80) Bergen, Norway
Philosophical work
Era	20th century
Region	Western philosophy

Rune Slagstad (born 22 February 1945) is a Norwegianhistorian,philosopher,legal theorist, professor and journal editor. In addition to professional work, he has since the late 1960s contributed actively to public debate on a variety of issues from Norway.

Slagstad was editor of Pax Publishing (1971–1978) and the Norwegian University Press (1986–1989). He has held tenured professorships both at theUniversity of Oslo, theNorwegian Institute for Social Research andOslo University College and headedThe Research Council of Norway Program on Governance and Democracy ("LOS") (1990–1998).

He initiated and co-edited theencyclopediaPaxLeksikon (with i.a.Hans Fredrik Dahl andJon Elster),^[1] co-edited the leftist journalKontrast, and was editor-in-chief of the intellectual journalNytt Norsk Tidsskrift^[2] from 1984 through 2009. Among his significant publications are the booksConstitutionalism and democracy (co-edited withJon Elster),De nasjonale strateger (”National strategists”),^[3]Rettens ironi (”The Irony of Law”)^[4] andSporten: en idéhistorisk studie (”Sports”),^[5] a study of sports from a cultural historical point of view.

Slagstad has been a member of theNorwegian Academy for Language and Literature (1996-), theNorwegian Academy of Science and Letters (2002-), and on the board ofMorgenbladet (2003–2009) and The Danish-Norwegian Foundation (1998-). He was one of the founders of the NorwegianSocialist Left Party (est. 1975), in which he through the 1970s also held several leading positions.^[6]

From 2009 to 2013, Slagstad held a professorship at the Centre for the Study of Professions atOslo University College. He is currently atThe Institute for Social Research working on a study of Scandinavian social-democraticsittlichkeit.

Slagstad was born and raised inBergen, but now lives inOslo with his wifeAnine Kierulf. He has three children.

He was named Norway's leadingintellectual by the daily newspaperDagbladet in 2005.^[7] In 1996 he received theFritt Ord Honorary Award.^[8]

In 2006 he played flute in the church service forJens Chr Hauge—a rendition of traditionalfolk tune "Jeg lagde mig saa sildig".^[9]

• 2019Spillet om Ullevål sykehus - et doldisbyråkratisk lærestykke, Pax,ISBN 978-82-530-4152-0
• 2019Carl Schmitt - Et antiliberalt tema med variasjoner, Pax,ISBN 978-82-530-4024-0
• 2019Hannah Arendt - Politikk i dystre tider, Pax,ISBN 978-82-530-4025-7
• 2018Da fjellet ble dannet, Dreyer,ISBN 978-82-8265-437-1
• 2017Banens beste, Pax,ISBN 978-82-530-4028-8
• 2017Lærdom som lidenskap, Fagbokforlaget,ISBN 978-82-450-2165-3
• 2015Tilløp til offentlighet, Pax/Manifest,ISBN 978-82-530-3789-9
• 2012Spadestikk,Fagbokforlaget,ISBN 978-82-450-1287-3
• 2010Elster og sirenenes sang Pax,ISBN 978-82-530-3273-3
• 2008(Sporten): en idéhistorisk studie Pax,ISBN 978-82-530-3095-1
• 2005Utvalgte polemikkerISBN 82-530-2793-1
• 2001Rettens ironi,ISBN 82-530-2337-5
• 2000Kunnskapens hus. Fra Hansteen til Hanseid,ISBN 82-530-2234-4 (2. ed. 2006ISBN 978-82-530-2920-7)
• 1998De nasjonale strategerISBN 82-530-2024-4 (2. ed. 2001ISBN 82-530-2336-7)
• 1988Constitutionalism and democracy withJon ElsterISBN 0-521-34530-8
• 1987Rett og politikk: et liberalt tema med variasjoner (2. ed)ISBN 82-00-07470-6)
• 1980Positivisme og vitenskapsteori: et essay om den norske positivismestridenISBN 82-00-01966-7
• 1976Positivisme, dialektikk, materialisme (ed.)

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• Academic staff of the University of Oslo
• 20th-century Norwegian philosophers
• Academic staff of Oslo University College
• Members of the Norwegian Academy
• Members of the Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters
• 21st-century Norwegian philosophers

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