Yngvar G. Lundh Explained

Yngvar Gundro Lundh (19 March 1932 – 15 August 2020) was a Norwegian engineer and technology pioneer. He was known for bringing Internet to Norway as the second country after USA, and for developing one of Norway's first computing devices [1] In 2021 he was inducted in the Internet Hall of Fame.[2]

Life

Background

Grew up close to Tønsberg (1932–1938), in Son, Norway (1938–1949) and in Råde, as the firstborn son of a farmer. He graduated in low-voltage electronics at Norges tekniske høgskole (NTH) in Trondheim in 1956.

Career

Lundh worked as a scientist at Forsvarets forskningsinstitutt (FFI, 1957–1984) and was guest lecturer at Massachusetts Institute of Technology (1958) and Bell Labs (1970).

He was chief engineer in Televerket/Telenor 1985-1996 and run a consulting service after that Vista Telematikk. He was professor II in informatics at UiO from 1980, and started teaching in microelectronics and computer-networking.

He was a radio amateur with the callsign LA7ZC.

References

  1. https://www.aftenposten.no/personalia/i/1ngy8e/nekrolog-yngvar-lundhTor Sverre Lande: Yngvar Lundh
  2. Web site: Yngvar G. Lundh . Internet Hall of Fame . 13 June 2023.

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