List of Norwegian mathematicians explained

A mathematician is a scholar in the fields of mathematics. They solve and research mathematical problems which can be applied in real life or completely abstract (pure). This article covers notable mathematicians from Norway.

A pioneer of modern mathematics,^[1] Niels Henrik Abel contributed greatly towards various fields of mathematics^[2] during his short life. He died in 1829, aged 26, from tuberculosis. German mathematician Felix Klein spoke of his reluctance "to part from this ideal type of researcher".^[3] In 2001, the Abel Prize was established in his honour.^[4]

Other notable mathematicians include (in alphabetical order) Carl Anton Bjerknes, Vilhelm Bjerknes, Bernt Michael Holmboe, who is known for being Abel's teacher and tutor,^[5] Sophus Lie, Idun Reiten, Atle Selberg, Thoralf Skolem and Carl Størmer.

Alphabetical order

"Aa" appears under "å" as they are considered different representations of the same letter.

Letter! scope="col"

Name
A	Hanan Mohamed Abdelrahman^[6]
	Niels Henrik Abel^[7]
	Erik Alfsen^[8]
	Signy Arctander^[9]
	Ole Peder Arvesen^[10]
	Karl Egil Aubert^[11]
	Otto Gilbert David Aubert^[12]
B	Julie E. Backer^[13]
	Nils Aall Barricelli
	Arent Berntsen^[14]
	Inga Berre^[15]
	Richard Birkeland^[16]
	Carl Anton Bjerknes^[17]
	Vilhelm Bjerknes^[18]
	Petter Jakob Bjerve^[19]
	Ola Bratteli^[20]
	Ole Jacob Broch^[21]
	Viggo Brun^[22]
D	Kristian B. Dysthe
E	Geir Ellingsrud^[23]
	T. O. Engset^[24]
F	Odd Magnus Faltinsen
	Jens Erik Fenstad^[25]
	John Erik Fornæss^[26]
	Dagfinn Føllesdal^[27]
G	Johan Galtung
	Ingrid Kristine Glad^[28]
	Carl Ludvig Godske^[29]
	John Grue
	Alf Victor Guldberg
	Axel Sophus Guldberg^[30]
	Cato Maximilian Guldberg^[31]
H	Trygve Haavelmo^[32]
	Kari Hag^[33]
	Anders C. Hansen^[34]
	Lars Havstad^[35]
	Nils Lid Hjort^[36]
	Jan Hoem
	Helge Holden^[37]
	Nina Holden
	Bernt Michael Holmboe^[38]
	Elling Holst^[39]
	Gabriel Gabrielsen Holtsmark^[40]
	Raphael Høegh-Krohn^[41]
	Arnljot Høyland^[42]
J	Ernst Erich Jacobsthal^[43]
	Gunnar Jahn^[44]
	Ingebrigt Johansson
K	Anders Nicolai Kiær^[45]
	Jens Kraft^[46]
	Ivar Kristianslund
	Sverre Krogh
L	Dan Laksov
	Fredrik Lange-Nielsen^[47]
	Arnfinn Laudal^[48]
	Sophus Lie^[49]
	Magnhild Lien
	Wilhelm Ljunggren^[50]
	Lisa Lorentzen
M	Eugenia Malinnikova
	Henrik Hermann Martens^[51]
	Jakob Mohn^[52]
	Hans Munthe-Kaas
N	Trygve Nagell^[53]
	Dag Normann
	Kristen Nygaard^[54]
O	Øystein Ore^[55]
P	Enok Palm^[56]
	Henrik Palmstrøm
	Ragni Piene^[57]
R	Olav Reiersøl
	Idun Reiten^[58]
	John Rognes
	Marie Rognes
	Nicolai Rygg^[59]
S	Edgar B. Schieldrop^[60]
	Tore Schweder
	Kristian Seip
	Atle Selberg^[61]
	Ole Michael Ludvigsen Selberg^[62]
	Henrik Selberg^[63]
	Sigmund Selberg^[64]
	Ernst Sejersted Selmer^[65]
	Ernst Anton Henrik Sinding
	Simen Skappel
	Thoralf Skolem^[66]
	Arne Sletsjøe
	Emil Spjøtvoll^[67]
	Berit Stensønes
	Arild Stubhaug^[68]
	Elizabeth Stephansen^[69]
	Boye Strøm^[70]
	Carl Størmer^[71]
	Erling Størmer^[72]
	Leif Størmer
	Erling Sverdrup^[73]
	Knut Sydsæter
	Peter Ludwig Mejdell Sylow^[74]
	Espen Søbye
T	Ralph Tambs Lyche^[75]
	Axel Thue^[76]
	Dag Tjøstheim
	Jacqueline Naze Tjøtta^[77]
	Sigve Tjøtta
	Aslak Tveito^[78]
	Helge Tverberg^[79]
	Andreas Tømmerbakke
W	Caspar Wessel^[80]
	Ragnar Winther^[81]
Ø	Bernt Øksendal^[82]
Å	Odd Aalen^[83]
	Stål Aanderaa^[84]
	Karen Aardal^[85]
	Johan Fredrik Aarnes^[86]
	Arnstein Aassve^[87]

See also

• Archiv for Mathematik og Naturvidenskab
• Bjerknes (lunar crater)
• Bjerknes (Martian crater)
• List of things named after Niels Henrik Abel
  • Abel Prize
• Selberg class
• Weather forecasting
• Aanderaa–Karp–Rosenberg conjecture

External links

• Abel Prize

Notes and References

1. Encyclopedia: Niels Henrik Abel . . 6 September 2022.
2. Web site: A mathematical genious . . 6 September 2022.
3. Klein, Felix. Development of mathematics in the 19th century. Math Sci Press, 1979, p. 97.
4. Web site: Devlin. Keith. Keith Devlin. Abel Prize Awarded: The Mathematicians' Nobel. April 2004 . . 4 November 2012. dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20120827093315/http://www.maa.org/devlin/devlin_04_04.html . 27 August 2012.
5. News: Arild . Stubhaug . Arild Stubhaug . Den inspirerende læreren . . 25 May 2004 . 20 February 2009 . Norwegian . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20070929115955/http://www.forskning.no/Artikler/2004/mai/1084540184.71/artikkel_print . 29 September 2007 .
6. News: Kristiansen . Cornelia . Hanan Mohamed Abdelrahman (36) får superlærerpris . Hana Mohamed Abdelrahman (36) receives super teacher prize . 3 September 2022 . . 27 April 2017 . nb.
7. Encyclopedia: Ore . Øystein . Øystein Ore . Niels Henrik Abel . . 10 June 2022 . 3 September 2022 . nb.
8. Encyclopedia: Erik Magnus Alfsen . . 25 February 2020 . 3 September 2022 . nb.
9. Encyclopedia: Signy Arctander . . 9 March 2018 . 3 September 2022 . nb.
10. Encyclopedia: Ole Peder Arvesen . . 25 February 2020 . 3 September 2022 . nb.
11. Encyclopedia: Karl Egil Aubert . . 30 November 2021 . 3 September 2022 . nb.
12. Encyclopedia: Otto Gilbert David Aubert . . 25 February 2020 . 7 September 2022 . nb.
13. Encyclopedia: Julie Elisabeth Backer . . 30 November 2021 . 3 September 2022 . nb.
14. Encyclopedia: Arent Berntsen . . 17 June 2020 . 3 September 2022 . nb.
15. Web site: Inga Berre . . 3 September 2022.
16. Encyclopedia: Richard Birkeland . . 25 February 2020 . 3 September 2022 . nb.
17. Encyclopedia: Carl Anton Bjerknes . . 30 November 2021 . 3 September 2022 . nb.
18. Encyclopedia: Dannevig . Petter . Harstveit . Knut . Vilhelm Bjerknes . . 4 March 2020 . 3 September 2022 . nb.
19. Encyclopedia: Petter Jakob Bjerve . . 14 December 2021 . 3 September 2022 . nb.
20. Encyclopedia: Lindstrøm . Tom . Ola Bratteli . . 30 December 2021 . 3 September 2022 . nb.
21. Encyclopedia: Aubert . Karl Egil . Karl Egil Aubert . Ole Jacob Broch . . 26 November 2021 . 3 September 2022 . nb.
22. Encyclopedia: Viggo Brun . . 25 February 2020 . 3 September 2022 . nb.
23. Encyclopedia: Lindstrøm . Tom . Geir Ellingsrud . . 26 February 2020 . 3 September 2022 . nb.
24. Encyclopedia: Stette . Gunnar . Tore Olaus Engset . . 31 December 2021 . 3 September 2022 . nb.
25. Encyclopedia: Jens Erik Fenstad . . 21 April 2020 . 3 September 2022 . nb.
26. Encyclopedia: John Erik Fornæss . . 3 September 2022 . nb.
27. Encyclopedia: Tranøy . Knut Erik . Knut Erik Tranøy . Dagfinn Føllesdal . . 3 September 2022 . nb.
28. Web site: Ingrid Kristine Glad . . 7 September 2022.
29. Encyclopedia: Utaaker . Kåre . C.L. Godske . . 29 June 2022 . 3 September 2022 . nb.
30. Encyclopedia: Axel Sophus Guldberg . . 30 November 2021 . 7 September 2022 . nb.
31. Encyclopedia: Aubert . Karl Egil . Karl Egil Aubert . Pedersen . Bjørn . Cato Maximilian Guldberg . . 30 November 2021 . 3 September 2022 . nb.
32. Encyclopedia: Trygve Haavelmo . . 19 February 2019 . 5 September 2022 . nb.
33. Encyclopedia: Rabben . Magne Brekke . Kari Hag . . 30 April 2018 . 3 September 2022 . nb.
34. Web site: Anders Christian Hansen . . 5 September 2022.
35. Encyclopedia: Lars Aanonsen Havstad . . 17 August 2021 . 5 September 2022 . nb.
36. Web site: Nils Lid Hjort . . 6 September 2022 . nb.
37. Encyclopedia: Lindstrøm . Tom . Helge Holden . . 26 February 2020 . 3 September 2022 . nb.
38. Encyclopedia: Bernt Michael Holmboe . . 26 February 2020 . 3 September 2022 . nb.
39. Encyclopedia: Elling Holst . . 24 June 2021 . 3 September 2022 . nb.
40. Web site: HOLTSMARK . . 5 September 2022 . nb.
41. Encyclopedia: Raphael Høegh-Krohn . . 3 September 2022 . nb.
42. Encyclopedia: Arnljot Høyland . . 3 September 2022 . nb.
43. Encyclopedia: Ernst Erich Jacobsthal . . 30 September 2019 . 7 September 2022 . nb.
44. Encyclopedia: Færøy . Frode . Gunnar Jahn . . 24 September 2021 . 5 September 2022 . nb.
45. Encyclopedia: Anders Nicolai Kiær . . 30 November 2021 . 3 September 2022 . nb.
46. Encyclopedia: Tranøy . Knut Erik . Knut Erik Tranøy . Jens Kraft (filosof) . Jens Kraft (philosopher) . . 26 February 2020 . 3 September 2022 . nb.
47. Encyclopedia: Fredrik Lange-Nielsen . . 20 December 2021 . 3 September 2022 . nb.
48. Encyclopedia: Arnfinn Laudal . . 9 July 2021 . 3 September 2022 . nb.
49. Encyclopedia: Aubert . Karl Egil . Delphin . Inger Lise . Karl Egil Aubert. Sophus Lie . . 30 November 2021 . 3 September 2022 . nb.
50. Encyclopedia: Wilhelm Ljunggren . . 9 July 2021 . 3 September 2022 . nb.
51. Encyclopedia: Henrik Hermann Martens . . 26 February 2020 . 7 September 2022 . nb.
52. Encyclopedia: Jacob Neumann Mohn . . 30 November 2021 . 3 September 2022 . nb.
53. Encyclopedia: Trygve Nagell . . 30 November 2021 . 3 September 2022 . nb.
54. Encyclopedia: Kristen Nygaard . . 28 July 2017 . 3 September 2022 . nb.
55. Encyclopedia: Øystein Ore . . 3 September 2022 . nb.
56. Encyclopedia: Enok Palm . . 22 May 2022 . 3 September 2022 . nb.
57. Encyclopedia: Siegmund-Schultze . Reinhard . Ragni Piene . . 12 November 2021 . 3 September 2022 . nb.
58. Encyclopedia: Siegmund-Schultze . Reinhard . Idun Reiten . . 20 May 2022 . 3 September 2022 . nb.
59. Encyclopedia: Nicolai Rygg . . 11 August 2022 . 3 September 2022 . nb.
60. Encyclopedia: Arntzen . Jon Gunnar . Siegmund-Schultze . Reinhard . Jon Gunnar Arntzen . Edgar B. Schieldrop . . 1 April 2019 . 7 September 2022 . nb.
61. Encyclopedia: Atle Selberg . . 23 May 2022 . 3 September 2022 . nb.
62. Encyclopedia: Arntzen . Jon Gunnar . Jon Gunnar Arntzen . Ole Michael Selberg . . 28 December 2020 . 3 September 2022 . nb.
63. Encyclopedia: Henrik Selberg . . 26 February 2020 . 3 September 2022 . nb.
64. Encyclopedia: Sigmund Selberg . . 26 February 2020 . 3 September 2022 . nb.
65. Encyclopedia: Haanæs . Øystein Rygg . Ernst Sejersted Selmer . . 24 March 2021 . 3 September 2022 . nb.
66. Encyclopedia: Siegmund-Schultze . Reinhard . Thoralf Albert Skolem . . 8 November 2021 . 3 September 2022 . nb.
67. Encyclopedia: Emil Spjøtvoll . . 3 September 2022 . nb.
68. Encyclopedia: Lauritsen . Vibeke . Arild Stubhaug . . 3 November 2021 . 6 September 2022 . nn.
69. Encyclopedia: Elizabeth Stephansen . . 26 February 2020 . 3 September 2022 . nb.
70. Encyclopedia: Boye Christian Riis Strøm . . 3 September 2022 . nb.
71. Encyclopedia: Holtet . Jan . Carl Mülertz Størmer . . 3 September 2022 . nb.
72. Encyclopedia: Erling Størmer . . 3 September 2022 . nb.
73. Encyclopedia: Erling Sverdrup . . 26 February 2020 . 3 September 2022 . nb.
74. Encyclopedia: Siegmund-Schultze . Reinhard . Ludvig Sylow . . 8 November 2021 . 3 September 2022 . nb.
75. Encyclopedia: Ralph Tambs Lyche . . 8 October 2019 . 3 September 2022 . nb.
76. Encyclopedia: Axel Thue (matematiker) . Axel Thue (mathematician). . 21 December 2021 . 3 September 2022 . nb.
77. Encyclopedia: 1973. Tjøtta, Jacqueline Andrée Naze . Hvem er hvem?. Steenstrup, Bjørn. Aschehoug. Oslo. 564. no. 26 March 2017.
78. Web site: Simula's Management Group . . 19 June 2018 . 7 September 2022.
79. Web site: Fløystad . Gunnar . Kirfel . Johann Christoph . Helge Tverberg . . 6 September 2022 . 1 February 2021 . 26 January 2021.
80. Encyclopedia: Caspar Wessel . . 10 October 2020 . 3 September 2022 . nb.
81. Encyclopedia: Lindstrøm . Tom . Ragnar Winther . . 21 February 2020 . 3 September 2022 . nb.
82. Encyclopedia: Lindstrøm . Tom . Bernt Karsten Øksendal . . 3 September 2022 . nb.
83. Encyclopedia: Odd Aalen . . 21 February 2020 . 3 September 2022 . nb.
84. Encyclopedia: Stål Aanderaa . . 3 September 2022 . nb.
85. Web site: Professors . . 5 September 2022.
86. Encyclopedia: Aarnes . Johan . Johan Fredrik Aarnes . . 24 April 2018 . 7 September 2022 . nb.
87. Web site: ARNSTEIN AASSVE . . 3 September 2022.