Kåre Tønnesson

Kåre Dorenfeldt Tønnesson (1 January 1926 – 26 September 2019) was a Norwegian historian and professor at the University of Oslo.

His master's thesis delved into causality in the writings of Alexis de Tocqueville.

[1][2] He was a lecturer in history at the University of Oslo from 1958, research fellow from 1960, docent from 1964 and professor from 1969 to 1991.

[3] After retiring from the professorship, he was a scholar in NAVF and the Research Council of Norway.

In 1989 he marked the 200th anniversary of the French Revolution with the book Revolusjonen som rystet Europa.