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18 unusual facts about University of Tromsø


Ánde Somby

Ánde Somby, born in Buolbmat, Norway, is a well known traditional Sami joik artist and an associate professor at the Faculty of Law at the University of Tromsø, specializing in Indigenous Rights Law.

Bjørn Hofmann

He studied philosophy at the University of Tromsø in 1993 and 1994 and got his PhD in philosophy of medicine from the University of Oslo in 2002.

Bruce Shriver

He currently is a Professor-at-Large in the Computer Science at the University of Tromsø in Norway where he teaches graduate courses in Computer Architecture and Computer Systems Organization.

Edda. Scandinavian Journal of Literary Research

From 2006 the journal has been edited from the University of Tromsø, by the troika Ole Karlsen, Lisbeth Pettersen Wærp and Henning Howlid Wærp.

Henning Gravrok

He is also Associate Professor at the Conservatory of Music at the University of Tromsø.

Ine Marie Eriksen Søreide

Born in Lørenskog, from 1995 Eriksen Søreide studied law at the University of Tromsø, while at university she joined the Conservative Party and got involved in local politics.

Ingrid Vetlesen

She attended Toneheim Folkehøgskole in 2000 together with Erlend Tvinnereim, Marit Tøndel Bodsberg, Audun Iversen, Lina Johnson, Kjetil Støa, Nina Sæterhaug among others, where her formal musical studies continued, and now she is a graduate of Tromsø musikkonservatorium, University of Tromsø 2003, Stavanger Musikkonservatorium, University of Stavanger 2005, and The Royal Danish Opera Academy.

Jan Ditlev Hansen

He is married to Cand.polit Randi Marie Haugland, at University of Tromsø.

Jarle Aarbakke

Jarle Aarbakke (born November 18, 1942) is rector at the University of Tromsø.

Kainun institutti

The board of the institute consists of one member from: Norske Kveners Forbund/Ruijan kveeniliitto, (Porsanger) municipality, Pyssyjokilaiset and Ruijan Kväänit, University of Tromsø, and Finnmark University College.

Kjell Henriksen

Kjell Henriksen (1938–1996) was a Norwegian scientist, professor at the University of Tromsø and researcher with a special interest in Polar Lights.

Necronomicon

Similarly, the university library of Tromsø, Norway, lists a translated version of the Necronomicon, attributed to Petrus de Dacia and published in 1994, although the document is listed as "unavailable".

Oddny Aleksandersen

Outside of politics, she took her education here and there, in Nesna, Trondheim and Tromsø, finally taking the cand.mag. degree in 1996.

Petri Salo

Petri Salo has visited as a guest lecturer in various universities in Finland (University of Helsinki, University of Joensuu), Scandinavia (University of Gothenburg (Gothenburg), Sweden, Norwegian University of Science and Technology Trondheim, and University of Tromsø, Tromsø, Norway), Estonia (University of Tarto), the U.S. (University of Minnesota) and Australia (Charles Sturt University, Wagga Wagga)

Tone Åse

After completing teacher education, she studied classical vocals at the Trondheim Musikkonservatorium and Tromsø Musikkonservatorium, and got a Masters degree on the Jazz program at Trondheim Musikkonservatorium (2007), where she is still working as an assistant professor.

Tromsdalstinden

Professor Siv Ellen Kraft from the department of Religious Studies, University of Tromsø wrote an article suggesting that Tromsdalstind was made a holy mountain in recent times as a part of sami identity politics.

Tromsøya

The University of Tromsø, University Hospital of North Norway and Tromsø Museum are all located on the eastern part of the island.

XPilot

In 1991, Bjørn Stabell and Ken Schouten, then computer science undergraduates at the University of Tromsø, began writing XPilot, inspired by the earlier game Thrust.


Centre for Peace Studies, Tromsø

The Centre for Peace Studies started out as a research and co-ordination project in Peace and Conflict Studies at the University of Tromsø, Norway.

Geir Lundestad

Born in Sulitjelma, Lundestad studied history at the University of Oslo and University of Tromsø, graduating in 1970 with a cand.philol. degree and in 1976 with a doctorate respectively.