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 ...
.
References
External links
The Kjell Henriksen Observatory
1938 births
1996 deaths
Norwegian physicists
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