About Olav Holt
Lived 1935 – 2021 (aged 86). Olav Holt was a Norwegian physicist and professor.
Olav Holt (7 January 1935 – 7 February 2021) was a Norwegian physicist.
Holt was born in Hedrum, and took his dr.philos. degree in 1963. Holt is a specialist in the upper atmosphere physics and radio wave propagation in the ionosphere.
Later, Holt was hired as professor at the University of Tromsø in 1969, where he served as rector from 1973 to 1977. He is a fellow of the Norwegian Academy of Technological Sciences. In 2003 he was proclaimed Knight, First Class of the Royal Norwegian Order of St. Olav.
His wife is Tordis Holt and he is the father of the Norwegian bestselling author and former Minister of Justice Anne Holt, and the Cardiologist Dr.med. Even Holt.
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Who was Olav Holt?
Norwegian physicist (1935–2021)
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Olav Holt was born on 7 January 1935 in Hedrum Municipality.
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Olav Holt died on 7 February 2021.
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Olav Holt was a physicist and professor.
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Olav Holt was Norwegian.
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