Ragnar Rommetveit (11 July 1924 – 11 June 2017) was a Norwegian psychologist. He was born in

Stord Stord is a municipality in Vestland county, Norway. It is located in the traditional district of Sunnhordland. Stord is sometimes called "Norway in miniature" since it has such a variety of landscapes: coastline, fjords, forests, agricultural ...

. Rommetveit graduated as

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from the

University of Oslo The University of Oslo ( no, Universitetet i Oslo; la, Universitas Osloensis) is a public research university located in Oslo, Norway. It is the highest ranked and oldest university in Norway. It is consistently ranked among the top univers ...

in 1953, with the thesis ''Social Norms and Roles''. He was appointed professor at the University of Oslo from 1959 to 1994. His textbook ''Språk, Tanke og Kommunikasjon'' from 1970 has been used for decades in Norway as an introductory book in language psychology. He is a fellow of the

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1924 births 2017 deaths Members of the Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters Norwegian psychologists People from Stord University of Oslo alumni Academic staff of the University of Oslo {{Norway-med-bio-stub