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]