Inger Nordal (born 11 August 1944) is a Norwegian professor of botany. She was an associate professor at the

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from 1974, took the fil.dr. degree (doctorate) at

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in 1977 and became a professor in 1987. In 1990 she was admitted into the

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. A few of her early papers were published under her then married name "Inger Nordal Bjørnstad". Nordal was also elected as a member of

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for the term 1979–1983, representing the Socialist Left Party. She resides at

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Authority names

Nordal is known historically in the scientific literature under two different reference names, the latter Nordal being the current form.

References

1944 births Living people 20th-century Norwegian botanists University of Oslo alumni Academic staff of the University of Oslo Members of the Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters Socialist Left Party (Norway) politicians People from Bærum {{Norway-botanist-stub