Talk:Lars Andreas Oftedahl

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Did you know... that Lars Andreas Oftedahl, member of the Norwegian Constituent Assembly in 1814, was also a renowned speaker?

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The phrase "was appointed as examiner" doesn't really make sense? Punkmorten (talk) 07:48, 29 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]

I have simplified the text, by removing the unclear phrase. The phrase stemmed from an attempt of extracting from, rewording and translating this sentence (in Danish): "Efter at have taget Examen artium, philos. et philol. blev han 1797, 16 Aar gammel, ansat som Hører ved Christianssands Skole." Oceanh (talk) 17:14, 29 October 2008 (UTC).[reply]

OK. That makes more sense (I would use the word "hired" though). I thought the phrase referred to his own examen artium. Punkmorten (talk) 11:02, 3 November 2008 (UTC)[reply]