Nobel Prize

Short biography Konow, Wollert 1845 – 1924 Teacher, farmer and politician Liberal As a young man, Wollert Konow studied law but he never got a degree. From 1868 he ran a school in the countryside in western Norway. In 1878 he took over his father’s farm outside Bergen, Norway’s second largest city. Soon after, he…

Short biography Germeten, Else 1918 – 1992 Women’s group organizer and film censor Labour As a young woman, Else Germeten studied English language and literature (1941). Later she went to the USA where she passed an exam in Psychology in 1953. She was Chairman of Norges Husmorforbund (Norwegian Housewives’ Association) in 1959-1969. In the 1970s,…

A 28 minutes long slide shows the history of Karolinska Institutet and the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine. It is divided into four parts: The 19th century history of Karolinska Institute; the development of the Karolinska Institute during the 1900’s; The Nobel Laureates at the Karolinska Institute; Selecting the Nobel Laureates and overview of…

Short biography Getz, Bernhard 1850 – 1901 Public prosecutor and politician Conservative Bernhard Getz became professor of criminal law at the University of Kristiania (Oslo) in 1876. He was engaged in the studies and teaching of constitutional and international law. One of the leading Norwegian jurists, he was appointed Norway’s first public prosecutor in 1889.…

Short biography Lyng, John Daniel Fürstenberg 1905 – 1978 Jurist and politician Conservative John Daniel Fürstenberg Lyng got his law degree in 1927. In the 1930s he was engaged in local politics in Trondheim. During the German occupation of Norway in 1940-1945, he took refuge in Sweden and after the war became public prosecutor in…

Short biography Lindebrække, Sjur 1909 – 1998 Bank manager and politician Conservative Sjur Lindebrække became Doctor of Law in 1948. He was Assistant Manager of Bergen Privatbank in 1940-1945 and Bank Manager in 1945. He was Managing Director later in 1958-1968 and was active chairman of the Board in 1968-1976. He was Chairman of the…

by Auke R. Leen* In 1969, , aged 66, received the first Bank of Sweden Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel, often mistakenly referred to as the “Nobel prize in economics.” Jan shared the prize with . Four years later, Jan’s younger brother, , too, was awarded the Nobel Prize in Physiology…

Short biography Ingvaldsen, Bernt 1902 – 1985 Engineer and politician Conservative Bernt Ingvaldsen graduated from NTH (Norwegian Institute of Technology) in 1925. From 1929 he worked for the A/S National Industri (National Industry Ltd.) and was the company’s Director in 1949-1968. Ingvaldsen was a member of the Storting in 1945-1973 and was one of the…

Short biography Sejersted, Francis 1936 – 2015 Historian Conservative As a historian, Sejersted has published numerous works, primarily on modern Norwegian history. He was a member of the Norwegian Nobel Committee in 1982-1999, its chairman from 1991. Francis Sejersted got his M.A.in history in 1971. He became a reader at the University of Oslo in…

Short biography Hagerup, George Francis 1853 – 1921 Jurist and politician Conservative George Francis Hagerup became Doctor of Law in 1885 and was Professor of Law at the University of Oslo in 1887-1906. In 1892 he became a member of the Central Board of the Conservative Party (Høyre). He was Minister of Justice in the…