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Levi Fragell

LEVI FRAGELL (1939-) is Norway's best-known Humanist. Originally, he was a preacher in a Pentecostal church. He has an MA in Christianity, History of religions and Sociology. From the 1970s, he became active in Human-Etisk Vorbund i Norge (Norwegian Humanist Association). He was its second leader from 1976 to 1991, except for one year when he worked as a teacher. In 1976, Fragell became a member of the IHEU Board of Directors (the predecessor to the present General Assembly). In 1987, he was elected Co-Chairman and from 1998 to 2003 he served as President of IHEU. In 1999, he received the World Humanist Award from the Council for Secular Humanism in recognition of his outstanding contribution to the development of Humanism around the world.