Oddbjørn Knutsen Explained

Oddbjørn Knutsen (23 July 1953 – 11 August 2019) was a Norwegian political scientist.^[1]

He was born in Hadsel Municipality. After taking the dr.philos. degree in 1985 with the thesis Politiske verdier, konfliktlinjer og ideologi – den norske politiske kulturen i komparativt perspektiv he worked at the Institute for Social Research from 1986 to 1992. From 1993 he was a professor at the University of Oslo, serving until his death at age 66 in 2019.^{[2] [3]}

He was a member of the Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters,^[4] He chaired the Norwegian Political Science Association from 2010 to 2017 and the Nordic Political Science Association from 2011 to 2014, and was a board member of the European Consortium for Political Research from 2018 to his death.^[3]

Notes and References

1. 2020. In Memoriam. PS: Political Science & Politics. en. 53. 2. 383–395. 10.1017/S1049096520000062. 1049-0965. free.
2. Encyclopedia: Oddbjørn Knutsen. Store norske leksikon. no. 29 October 2019.
3. News: Oddbjørn Knutsen. Semb. Anne Julie. 12 September 2019. Aftenposten. 68. no.
4. Web site: Medlemmer. Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters. no. 29 October 2019.