About Alv Egeland
Lived 1932 – 2025 (aged 93). Alv Egeland was a Norwegian physicist, astronomer and university teacher.
Alv Egeland (22 March 1932 – 3 May 2025) was a Norwegian physicist.
Life and career Egeland was born in Kvinesdal Municipality on 22 March 1932. He took the cand.real. degree in 1959, and his doctorate at Stockholm University in 1963. He was a professor at the University of Oslo from 1972. His fields are space research and aurora borealis research. He was a member of the Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters.
Egeland died on 3 May 2025, at the age of 93.
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Who was Alv Egeland?
Norwegian physicist
When was Alv Egeland born?
Alv Egeland was born on 22 March 1932 in Kvinesdal Municipality.
When did Alv Egeland die?
Alv Egeland died on 3 May 2025 in Nesoddtangen.
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Alv Egeland was a physicist, astronomer and university teacher.
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Alv Egeland was Norwegian.
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