Kari Vogt (3 April 1939 â 19 September 2024) was a Norwegian religious historian. She wrote several books, and was a board member of the Norwegian Academy of Literature and Freedom of Expression, and of the Norwegian chapter of PEN International.
Vogt graduated in religious studies from the University of Oslo in 1965, with the thesis Urmenneskeskikkelsen i de manikeiske Thomas-salmene, and also studied in Paris. She was appointed at the University of Oslo from 1967.
Her books include Islams hus (1993), Kommet for ÃÂ¥ bli (1995), Reise i Iran (1997), and Islam pÃÂ¥ norsk (2000). She was a board member of the Norwegian Academy of Literature and Freedom of Expression and the Norwegian chapter of PEN International.
She received the Fritt Ord Honorary Award for 1996.
Vogt was born in Oslo to physician Erik Theodor Vogt and psychologist Bodil Therese Tandberg, and was a niece of linguist Hans Vogt and electronics engineer Vebjørn Tandberg.
Vogt died on 19 September 2024, at the age of 85.