Ørjar Øyen (19 February 1927 – 2 March 2024) was a Norwegian sociologist. Øyen was born in

Brønnøy Municipality Brønnøy is a List of municipalities of Norway, municipality in Nordland Counties of Norway, county, Norway. It is part of the Helgeland Districts of Norway, region. The administrative centre and commercial centre of the municipality is the town ...

to schoolteacher Torvald Øyen and Helga Karijord. He was married to sociologist

Else Øyen Professor Else Øyen (born 1934 in Denmark) was educated as a sociologist. Education and career She became a professor of social policy in 1975 at the University of Bergen, Norway, and shifted her later research focus to comparative poverty studi ...

from 1957 to 1988, and to professor Bente Gullveig Alver from 1996. He was appointed professor in sociology at the

University of Bergen The University of Bergen () is a public university, public research university in Bergen, Norway. As of 2021, the university had over 4,000 employees and 19,000 students. It was established by an act of parliament in 1946 consolidating several sci ...

from 1968 to 1997. He served as rector of the university from 1978 to 1983. He was decorated Commander of the

Order of St. Olav The Royal Norwegian Order of Saint Olav (; or ''Sanct Olafs Orden'', the old Norwegian name) is a Norwegian order of chivalry instituted by King Oscar I on 21 August 1847. It is named after King Olav II, known to posterity as St. Olav. Just be ...

in 1988. Øyen died on 2 March 2024, at the age of 97.UiB-rektor: Han var ein raus pioner

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1927 births 2024 deaths People from Brønnøy Norwegian sociologists Academic staff of the University of Bergen Rectors of the University of Bergen Order of Saint Olav {{Norway-academic-bio-stub