Jan Ivar Pedersen (born 24 February 1936) is a Norwegian professor of nutrition. He grew up in

Karmøy Karmøy is a municipality in Rogaland county, Norway. It is southwest of the town of Haugesund in the traditional district of Haugaland. The administrative centre of the municipality is the town of Kopervik. Most of the municipality lies on ...

and took his secondary education at Lycée Corneille in France. He took the cand.med. degree in 1962 and the

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degree in 1973, both at the

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. He has been employed at the University of Oslo since 1964, and was promoted to professor in 1984. He has also been a member of the Norwegian National Council on Nutrition. He is a member of the

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since 1988 and is a Knight, First Class of the

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since 2007. He is married and has two children, and resides at

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1936 births Living people People from Karmøy Norwegian expatriates in France University of Oslo alumni Academic staff of the University of Oslo Nutritionists Members of the Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters Lycée Pierre-Corneille alumni{{Norway-academic-bio-stub