Dag Rune Olsen (born 12 February 1962, in Røros) is a Norwegian cancer researcher, professor of biomedical physics at the University of Bergen, and the current

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of the

University of Tromsø The University of Tromsø – The Arctic University of Norway (Norwegian: ''Universitetet i Tromsø – Norges arktiske universitet''; Northern Sami: ''Romssa universitehta – Norgga árktalaš universitehta'') is a state university in Norway an ...

, where he was hired in 2021. He was the elected rector of the University of Bergen from 2013-2020.

Academic career

In April 2013, Dag Rune Olsen was elected the new

of the University of Bergen with 59% of the votes. He took over the position from

Sigmund Grønmo Sigmund Harald Grønmo (born 28 March 1947) is a Norwegian sociologist. In his younger days he was the chairman of the Socialist Youth Association (SUF) from 1968 to 1969. In 1971 he graduated in sociology from the University of Oslo. He later ...

on August 1, 2013. In his campaign he emphasized the importance of developing the university further as an international research university. He has also been the dean at the Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Sciences (2010–2013). Before coming to Bergen, he was working at the Institute of Cancer Research at the

Oslo University Hospital Oslo University Hospital ( no, Oslo universitetssykehus; OUS) is a university hospital in Oslo, Norway. With over 24,000 employees it is List of hospitals by staff, the largest hospital organization in Europe. It is affiliated with the University o ...

. He obtained his PhD in medical physics from the

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in 1999.

References

External links

Home page at the University of Bergen

Publications registered at www.cristin.no
Living people University of Oslo alumni Academic staff of the University of Bergen Rectors of the University of Bergen People from Røros 1962 births {{norway-academic-bio-stub