Otto Øgrim

Johan Otto Øgrim (1 October 1913 – 6 December 2006) was a Norwegian physicist.

Personal life Øgrim was born in Copenhagen, Denmark, as a son of Tobias Immanuel Øgrim (1886–1962), leader of the Salvation Army in Norway, and salvationist Othonie Margrethe Olsen (1879–1972). He spent his childhood years in Kristiania, Bærum and Hamar.

In 1938, he married Marit Odlaug Eggen (1915–2008), a daughter of Albert Fredrik Eggen and granddaughter of Lorents Mørkved. Their son Tron Øgrim became an author and political activist. Otto Øgrim's sister married Brynjulf Bull. for work on a widely used series of textbooks at high school level. In 2003, he was appointed honorary member of the Norwegian Physical Society, a Norwegian organization that promotes research in physics.

Selected works Termofysikk, (1971) Mekanisk fysikk, 2 volumes, (1973, 1976)