Kjell Henriksen (1 February 1938 – 3 April 1996) was a Norwegian scientist, professor at 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 a ...

and researcher with a special interest in the polar lights. For his effort in researching the polar lights a new observatory has been named after him, the Kjell Henriksen Observatory on

Svalbard Svalbard ( , ), previously known as Spitsbergen or Spitzbergen, is a Norway, Norwegian archipelago that lies at the convergence of the Arctic Ocean with the Atlantic Ocean. North of continental Europe, mainland Europe, it lies about midway be ...

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The Kjell Henriksen Observatory
1938 births 1996 deaths Norwegian physicists {{Norway-academic-bio-stub