About Guro Valen
Lived 1960 – 2014 (aged 54). Guro Valen was a Norwegian physician and university teacher.
Guro Valen (20 March 1960 – 26 September 2014) was a Norwegian professor of medicine.
She was a daughter of political scientist Henry Valen. She worked at the University of Tromsø, Karolinska Institutet and the University of Oslo, and was a fellow of the Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters. She died from cancer in September 2014.
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Who was Guro Valen?
Norwegian physician
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Guro Valen was born on 20 March 1960.
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Guro Valen died on 26 September 2014.
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Guro Valen was a physician and university teacher.
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Guro Valen was Norwegian.
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