What is Alfred Oftedal Telhaug?
{{Infobox person | name = Alfred Oftedal Telhaug | image = Alfred Oftedal Telhaug.JPG | alt = | caption = | birth_name = | birth_date = {{Birth date|1934|9|25|df=y}} | birth_place = [[Skudeneshavn]], Norway | death_date = {{death date and age|2016|6|10|1934|9|25|df=y}} | death_place = | nationality = Norwegian | other_names = | parents = | children = | relatives = | spouse = | occupation = Educationalist | years_active = | known_for = | notable_works = | awards = }} '''Alfred Oftedal Telhaug''' (25 September 1934 – 10 June 2016) was a [[Norway|Norwegian]] educator. Telhaug was born in [[Skudeneshavn]]. He graduated from [[Stavanger Cathedral School]] in 1953, the [[University of Oslo]] in 1962, and took the [[Doctor of Philosophy|Ph.D.]] degree at the [[University of Trondheim]] in 1990. He was assigned with ''Norges Lærerhøgskole'' in [[Trondheim]] (later the [[Norwegian University of Science and Technology]]) from 1967 to 2001, and chaired the University's Institute of [[Pedagogy]] for three periods. From 1973 to 1981, he edited the journal ''Norsk Pedagogisk Tidsskrift''. His publications include ''Fra parallelle skoler til enhetsskole'' from 1974, ''Vår nye videregående skole'' from 1975, ''Norsk skoleutvikling etter 1945'' from 1982, and ''Norsk utdanningspolitisk retorikk 1945–2000'' from 1999. He was a member of the [[Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters]].<ref name=nbl>{{cite encyclopedia|title=Alfred Oftedal Telhaug |encyclopedia=[[Norsk biografisk leksikon]]|first=Åsmund L. |last=Strømnes |author-link=Åsmund L. Strømnes |editor=[[Knut Helle|Helle, Knut]]|publisher=Kunnskapsforlaget |location=Oslo |url=https://nbl.snl.no/Alfred_Oftedal_Telhaug |language=no |access-date=18 June 2016}}</ref><ref name=snl>{{cite encyclopedia|title=Alfred Oftedal Telhaug |encyclopedia=[[Store norske leksikon]] |editor-last=Godal | editor-first=Anne Marit | editor-link=Anne Marit Godal |publisher=Norsk nettleksikon |loc