Tore Slagsvold (born 16 December 1947) is a Norwegian zoologist. He took his dr.philos. degree in 1978 and became professor at the

University of Oslo The University of Oslo (; ) is a public university, public research university located in Oslo, Norway. It is the List of oldest universities in continuous operation#Europe, oldest university in Norway. Originally named the Royal Frederick Univ ...

in 1991. He edited the ''

Journal of Avian Biology The ''Journal of Avian Biology'' is a bimonthly peer-reviewed scientific journal of ornithology published by Wiley on behalf of the Nordic Society Oikos (NSO) in collaboration with ''Oikos'', '' Nordic Journal of Botany'', '' Wildlife Biology'', ...

'' from 1993 to 2001. As one of Norway's most cited scientists, he was one of 14 people in the country to rank as "highly cited" in the ISI Index in 2010. Slagsvold is a member of the

Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters The Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters (, DNVA) is a learned society based in Oslo, Norway. Its purpose is to support the advancement of science and scholarship in Norway. History The Royal Frederick University in Christiania was establis ...

since 1995. In 2006 he won the Fridtjof Nansen Prize for Outstanding Research.

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1947 births Living people 20th-century Norwegian zoologists Academic staff of the University of Oslo Members of the Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters {{norway-academic-bio-stub