Lars Skattebøl

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Lars Skattebøl (born 16 July 1927 in Bærum) is a Norwegian scientist and professor emeritus at the University of Oslo. The Skattebøl rearrangement, a chemical reaction, was named after his discovery.

Skattebøl received his degree in engineering from Norwegian Institute of Technology in 1951 and a doctorate in chemistry from the University of Manchester in 1956. He has worked as a researcher for Union Carbide in Brussels, at SINTEF in Trondheim as well as Norsk Hydro.[1]

As a scholar, Skattebøl has been employed as professor in chemistry at the Oslo University and the University of Tromsø. He has received a number of awards and is a fellow of several scientific academies in his native country, including the Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters, the The Royal Society of Chemistry and the American Chemical Society.

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