EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTION

Location:
Oslo, Norway

Founding Date:
1811

Enrollment:
30,000

Official Website:
http://www.uio.no/

STUDENTS

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
Niels Henrik Abel	Mathematician	5-Aug-1802	6-Apr-1829	Studied elliptics and hyperelliptics
Bjørnstjerne Bjørnson	Playwright	8-Dec-1832	26-Apr-1910	Synnöve Solbakken
Walter J. P. Curley	Business	1922		US Ambassador to France, 1989-93
Jan Egeland	Government	1957		UN Undersecretary for Humanitarian Affairs
Ragnar Frisch	Economist	3-Mar-1895	31-Jan-1973	Econometrics pioneer
Trygve Haavelmo	Economist	13-Dec-1911	28-Jul-1999	Economic forecasting
Odd Hassel	Chemist	17-May-1897	11-May-1981	Conformational analysis
Lawrence R. Klein	Economist	14-Sep-1920		Macroeconometric modeling
Christian Lange	Activist	17-Sep-1869	11-Dec-1938	Peace activist, Nobel Prize recipient
Trygve Lie	Diplomat	16-Jul-1896	30-Dec-1968	UN Secretary General, 1946-52
Fridtjof Nansen	Explorer	10-Oct-1861	13-May-1930	Explorer, Nobel Prize recipient
Øystein Ore	Mathematician	7-Oct-1899	13-Aug-1968	Ring theorist
Ivar B. Ramberg	Business	1937		CEO of Norsk Hydro Canada, 1996-2000
O. E. Rölvaag	Novelist	22-Apr-1876	5-Nov-1931	Giants in the Earth
Jack Schmitt	Astronaut	3-Jul-1935		12th Man on the Moon
Jens Stoltenberg	Head of State	16-Mar-1959		Prime Minister of Norway

TEACHERS AND PROFESSORS

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
Ragnar Frisch	Economist	3-Mar-1895	31-Jan-1973	Econometrics pioneer
Ivar Giaever	Physicist	5-Apr-1929		Tunneling in superconductors
Trygve Haavelmo	Economist	13-Dec-1911	28-Jul-1999	Economic forecasting
Odd Hassel	Chemist	17-May-1897	11-May-1981	Conformational analysis
Fridtjof Nansen	Explorer	10-Oct-1861	13-May-1930	Explorer, Nobel Prize recipient
Martin Schwarzschild	Astronomer	31-May-1912	10-Apr-1997	Structure and Evolution of the Stars

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