Torstein Jøssang

Torstein Kristen Fossan Jøssang (born 31 October 1933) is a Norwegian physicist.

He was born in Jørpeland. He took the cand.real. at the University of Oslo in 1962 and took the dr.philos. degree at the same institution in 1968, following a research tenure at Ohio State University from 1963 to 1966. He has also been a guest scholar in Shenyang, Tel Aviv, Gainesville, Florida and Ponca City, Oklahoma.[1][2]

He became an associate professor of physics at the University in Oslo in 1969 and professor in 1987.[1] He has cooperated closely with physicist Jens Feder.[3] He led the Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters' Centre for Advanced Study from 1993 to 2000, and has edited the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences journal Physica Scripta.[1]

He is a fellow of the Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters[4] and the Académie Européenne des Sciences, des Arts et des Lettres.[1]

He resides at Blommenholm.[5][6]

References

1. "75 år 31. oktober: Professor dr.philos. Torstein Jøssang" (in Norwegian). Norwegian News Agency. 15 October 2008.
2. "Torstein Jøssang". Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Retrieved 4 May 2014.
3. Lippestad, Jenny (31 January 1999). "Professor Jens Feder: Med stø hånd i fysikkfaget". Aftenposten (in Norwegian). p. 15.
4. "Gruppe 2: Fysikk, astronomi, geofysikk" (in Norwegian). Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters. Retrieved 4 May 2014.
5. "Torstein Jøssang 60 år 31. oktober" (in Norwegian). Norwegian News Agency. 20 October 1993.
6. "Jubilanter". Budstikka (in Norwegian). 31 October 2013. p. 50.

Awards
Preceded by Kaj Grjotheim	Recipient of the Fridtjof Nansen Excellent Research Award in Science 1990 (with Jens Feder)	Succeeded by Jon Bremer