Rolf Nordhagen (2 August 1927 – 1 July 2013) was a Norwegian physicist and computer scientist.

Early life and education

Rolf was born in

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, Norway. He was the son of the noted botanist, Rolf Nordhagen (1894– 1979) and the brother of art historian

Per Jonas Nordhagen Per Jonas Nordhagen (born 30 October 1929) is a Norwegian art historian. He was born in Bergen as a son of professor Rolf Nordhagen (1894–1979) and Elisabeth Marie Myhre (1900–1979). He was a grandson of Johan Nordhagen and nephew of Olaf N ...

. He took his

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in 1958, and was a

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at the

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from 1970 to 1974. He changed to being the university's director of "EDB" (

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) from 1974 to 1986 before being hired as a professor of

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in 1986.

Career

Nordhagen was involved in the development and reconstruction of both the Norwegian academic network UNINETT as well as the Nordic university network

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. Rolf Nordhagen was posthumously honored with admission into the

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in 2014.''Rolf Nordhagen, Posthumous Recipient'' (Internet Society)
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References

Other sources

''NORDUNET: The Roots of Nordic Networking'' by Rolf Nordhagen

External links

UNINETT Official WebsiteNORDUnet official website
1927 births 2013 deaths Scientists from Bergen Academic staff of the University of Oslo Norwegian nuclear physicists Norwegian computer scientists {{Norway-academic-bio-stub