About Ole Didrik Lærum
Lived 1940 – 2023 (aged 82). Ole Didrik Lærum was a Norwegian oncologist, university teacher and physician.
Ole Didrik Lærum (23 April 1940 – 24 January 2023) was a Norwegian professor of medicine.
Early life and education Ole Didrik Lærum was born in Bærum on 23 April 1940, son of physician Birger Lærum, Jr. (1906–1991) and weaver Goro Lynne (1909–2003). He grew up in Vossevangen, and finished his secondary education there in 1959. He has been married twice.
Lærum graduated from the University of Oslo in 1965 with the cand.med. degree, having also spent some studying time at the Pasteur Institute. He was then a research fellow at Rikshospitalet and took the dr.med. degree in 1969.
He was the prorector of the University of Bergen from 1984 to 1989 and rector from 1990 to 1995.
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Who was Ole Didrik Lærum?
Norwegian academic (1940–2023)
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Ole Didrik Lærum was born on 23 April 1940 in Bærum Municipality.
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Ole Didrik Lærum died on 24 January 2023 in Voss Municipality.
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Ole Didrik Lærum was an oncologist, university teacher and physician.
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Ole Didrik Lærum was Norwegian.
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