List of members of the Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters (current)

The Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters has about 880 members.

There are classes for Sciences and Letters, respectively, and also subgroups within them. The subgroups are further classified into so-called "ordinary members" and members over 70 years old, because 70 is the retirement age in Norway.

Sciences

Mathematics

Norwegian
Foreign

Astronomy, physics and geophysics

Norwegian
Foreign
  • Boris Altshuler
  • Guy Pierre Brasseur
  • Michael Edwards Brown
  • Mats Carlsson
  • Sierd Cloetingh
  • Peter A. Davies
  • Winfried Denk
  • Donald M. Eigler
  • Ryoichi Fujii
  • Iouri Galperine
  • Lars Gottschalk
  • David Gubbins
  • Mike C. Gurnis
  • Thors Hans Hansson
  • Thomas E. Holzer
  • David Jewitt
  • Ulf G. Lindström
  • Jane Luu
  • Paul Meakin
  • Jerry Earl Nelson
  • Per-Åke Nordlund
  • Hans Pécseli
  • Yuri Y. Podladchikov
  • Michael John Prather
  • Per Arne Rikvold
  • Robert Rosner
  • Göran Scharmer
  • Valeriy Vinokur
  • Amnon Aharony (over 70 years)
  • Jens Aage Als-Nielsen (over 70 years)
  • James Roger Prior Angel (over 70 years)
  • Holger Bech Nielsen (over 70 years)
  • Jacques Beckers (over 70 years)
  • Gerald E. Brown (over 70 years)
  • Herbert C. Carlson (over 70 years)
  • John Culhane (over 70 years)
  • Mildred Dresselhaus (over 70 years)
  • Erik Eliasen (over 70 years)
  • Ora Entin-Wohlman (over 70 years)
  • Bengt Gustafsson (over 70 years)
  • Bengt Hultqvist (over 70 years)
  • Sumio Iijima (over 70 years)
  • Cecilia Jarlskog (over 70 years)
  • Per Olof Lindblad (over 70 years)
  • Richard Lindzen (over 70 years)
  • William Charles Livingston (over 70 years)
  • Donald Lynden-Bell (over 70 years)
  • Ben Roy Mottelson (over 70 years)
  • James O'Brien (over 70 years)
  • Eugene Parker (over 70 years)
  • William Richard Peltier (over 70 years)
  • Eric Priest (over 70 years)
  • Erling Pytte (over 70 years)
  • Martin Rees (over 70 years)
  • Hans Thomas Rossby (over 70 years)
  • Maarten Schmidt (over 70 years)
  • Robert F. Stein (over 70 years)
  • Jan Olof Stenflo (over 70 years)
  • Hilding Sundqvist (over 70 years)
  • George Veronis (over 70 years)
  • Wang Wei-Chyung (over 70 years)
  • Raymond Neil Wilson (over 70 years)
  • Elmar Zeitler (over 70 years)
  • Christos S. Zerefos (over 70 years)

Geo

Norwegian
  • Elisabeth Alve
  • Anders Elverhøi
  • Jan Inge Faleide
  • Roy Helge Gabrielsen
  • Bjørn Jamtveit
  • Eystein Jansen
  • Bjørn Olav Mysen
  • John Inge Svendsen
  • Per Aagaard
  • Knut Olav Bjørlykke (over 70 years)
  • Olav Eldholm (over 70 years)
  • Jens Christian Hansen (over 70 years)
  • Magne Helvig (over 70 years)
  • Eystein Husebye (over 70 years)
  • Kaare Høeg (over 70 years)
  • Jan Mangerud (over 70 years)
  • Else-Ragnhild Neumann (over 70 years)
  • Ivar B. Ramberg (over 70 years)
  • Markvard Sellevoll (over 70 years)
Foreign
  • Stein Bjørnar Jacobsen
  • Suzanne Lacasse
  • Stephen Larter
  • Gifford H. Miller
  • Keith O'Nions
  • Suzanne O'Reilly
  • Kristin Vala Valadottir
  • Hans Thybo
  • Marjorie Wilson
  • John T. Andrews (over 70 years)
  • Ewald Glässer (over 70 years)
  • William Griffin
  • Zofia Kielan-Jaworowska (over 70 years)
  • Kurt Lambeck (over 70 years)
  • William Richard Mead (over 70 years)
  • Olav Slaymaker (over 70 years)
  • Scott B. Smithson (over 70 years)
  • Manik Talwani (over 70 years)
  • Jörn Thiede (over 70 years)
  • Jacques Touret (over 70 years)
  • Peter Richard Vogt (over 70 years)
  • Gerald J. Wasserburg (over 70 years)

Chemistry

Norwegian
  • Thomas W. Ebbesen
  • Mari-Ann Einarsrud
  • Helmer Fjellvåg
  • Knut Fægri, Jr.
  • Tor Grande
  • Trygve Ulf Helgaker
  • Per Hoff
  • Signe H. Kjelstrup
  • Elsa Lundanes
  • Truls Eivind Norby
  • Kenneth Ruud
  • Leiv Kristen Sydnes
  • Mats Tilset
  • Einar Uggerud
  • Tyge Greibrokk (over 70 years)
  • Fredrik Grønvold (over 70 years)
  • Arne Haaland (over 70 years)
  • Synnøve Liaaen Jensen (over 70 years)
  • Peter Klæboe (over 70 years)
  • Christian Rømming (over 70 years)
  • Lars Skattebøl (over 70 years)
  • Olav Aasmund Smidsrød (over 70 years)
  • Harald Arnljot Øye (over 70 years)
Foreign
  • Odile Eisenstein
  • Georgiy V. Girichev
  • Kevin C. Jones
  • Claus Jørgen Nielsen
  • Bengt Nordén
  • Bo Nyström
  • Nadrian C. Seeman
  • Louis E. Brus (over 70 years)
  • Armin de Meijere (over 70 years)
  • Hans-Heinz Emons (over 70 years)
  • István Hargittai (over 70 years)
  • Kenneth Hedberg (over 70 years)
  • Henning Hopf (over 70 years)
  • Wolfgang Lüttke (over 70 years)
  • Qiu Zhuxian (over 70 years)
  • Reiner Salzer (over 70 years)
  • Erik W. Thulstrup (over 70 years)
  • Lev Vilkov (over 70 years)
  • Barry Welch (over 70 years)

Biology

Norwegian
Foreign
  • Richard William Battarbee
  • Hilary H. Birks
  • John Birks
  • James J. Elser
  • Else Marie Friis
  • Walter Jami Lusigi
  • Jan Mulder
  • Göran Erik Nilsson
  • Jon Swenson
  • Pierre Taberlet
  • Katherine J. Willis
  • Zhang Zhibin
  • Teuvo Tapio Ahti (over 70 years)
  • Edward P. Cunningham (over 70 years)
  • Zbigniew Duda (over 70 years)
  • Raoul J. Dudal (over 70 years)
  • Lloyd Evans (over 70 years)
  • Tom Fenchel (over 70 years)
  • Abraham Halevy (over 70 years)
  • John G. Hildebrand (over 70 years)
  • Pétur Mikkel Jónasson (over 70 years)
  • Bengt Jonsell (over 70 years)
  • Olavi Junttila (over 70 years)
  • Charles J. Krebs (over 70 years)
  • Richard M. Laws (over 70 years)
  • Björn Hadar Lindqvist (over 70 years)
  • Geoffrey M. O. Maloiy (over 70 years)
  • Franz Oberwinkler (over 70 years)
  • John Ormerod (over 70 years)
  • David Pegler (over 70 years)
  • Tamás Pócs (over 70 years)
  • Michael Proctor (over 70 years)
  • Theodore J. Smayda (over 70 years)
  • Iain Thornton (over 70 years)
  • Philip Bernard Tinker (over 70 years)

Cell and molecular biology

Norwegian
  • Heidi Kiil Blomhoff
  • Rune Blomhoff
  • Erik Boye
  • Anne-Lise Børresen-Dale
  • Stein Ove Døskeland
  • Terje Espevik
  • Anders Fjose
  • Sigbjørn Fossum
  • Odd Stokke Gabrielsen
  • Per Einar Granum
  • Kristian Gundersen
  • Anne-Brit Kolstø
  • Ragnhild A. Lothe
  • Per Eystein Lønning
  • Ørjan Olsvik
  • Kristian Prydz
  • Bent Rolstad
  • Olav Sand
  • Inger Sandlie
  • Kirsten Sandvig
  • Anne Simonsen
  • Kirsten Skarstad
  • Harald Stenmark
  • Kjetil Taskén
  • Haakon Breien Benestad (over 70 years)
  • Trond Berg (over 70 years)
  • Arne Bøyum (over 70 years)
  • Torgeir Flatmark (over 70 years)
  • Kaare Gautvik (over 70 years)
  • Vidar Hansson (over 70 years)
  • Karen B. Helle (over 70 years)
  • Ingolf Figved Nes (over 70 years)
  • Per Ottar Seglen (over 70 years)
  • Reidun Sirevåg (over 70 years)
Foreign
  • Mark Achtman
  • Dominique Aunis
  • Cornelia Isabella Bargmann
  • Phillippe Collas
  • Gareth Griffiths
  • Angela M. Gronenborn
  • Carl-Henrik Heldin
  • Aurora Martínez
  • Linda K. Medlin
  • Jacques Neefjes
  • James E. Rothman
  • Richard H. Scheller
  • Bo van Deurs
  • J. Donald Capra (over 70 years)
  • R. John Collier (over 70 years)
  • Ford Doolittle (over 70 years)
  • Ann Martin Graybiel (over 70 years)
  • Tomas Lindahl (over 70 years)
  • Kenneth Nilsson (over 70 years)
  • Bjørn Reino Olsen (over 70 years)

Medicine

Norwegian
  • Lars A. Akslen
  • Mahmood Reza Amiry-Moghaddam

Ole A. Andreassen

  • Oddmund Bakke
  • Linda Hildegard Bergersen
  • Bjarne Bogen
  • Øyvind S. Bruland
  • Farrukh Abbas Chaudhry
  • Niels Christian Danbolt
  • Hans Einar Krokan
  • Nina Langeland
  • Edvard Moser
  • May-Britt Moser
  • Ole Petter Ottersen
  • Rolf Kåre Reed
  • Helga Refsum
  • Ola Didrik Saugstad
  • Ole Mathias Sejersted
  • Erlend B. Smeland
  • Otto A. Smiseth
  • Ludvig Sollid
  • Anne Spurkland
  • Johan F. Storm
  • Marianne Thoresen
  • Tone Tønjum
  • Per Magne Ueland
  • Giske Ursin
  • Guro Valen
  • Ivar Walaas
  • Per Oskar Andersen (over 70 years)
  • Per Brandtzæg (over 70 years)
  • Gro Harlem Brundtland (over 70 years)
  • Stein Arne Evensen
  • Frode Fonnum (over 70 years)
  • Stig Frøland (over 70 years)
  • Morten Harboe (over 70 years)
  • Torstein Hovig (over 70 years)
  • Gunnar Husby (over 70 years)
  • Herman Høst (over 70 years)
  • Fredrik Kiil (over 70 years)
  • John Kjekshus (over 70 years)
  • Einar Kringlen (over 70 years)
  • Øivind Larsen (over 70 years)
  • Sverre O. Lie (over 70 years)
  • Ole Didrik Lærum (over 70 years)
  • Terje Lømo (over 70 years)
  • Jacob B. Natvig (over 70 years)
  • Gunnar Nicolaysen (over 70 years)
  • Kaare R. Norum (over 70 years)
  • Rolf Nyberg-Hansen (over 70 years)
  • Kirsten Kjelsberg Osen (over 70 years)
  • Jan Ivar Pedersen (over 70 years)
  • Rolf B. Seljelid (over 70 years)
  • Jon Storm-Mathisen (over 70 years)
  • Erik Thorsby (over 70 years)
  • Ansgar Torvik (over 70 years)
  • Lars Walløe (over 70 years)
Foreign
  • Kenneth Chien
  • Albert Gjedde
  • Joel C. Glover
  • Kenneth Hugdahl
  • Sirpa T. Jalkanen
  • Thomas M. Jessell
  • Roland Jonsson
  • Kristofer Rubin
  • Torstein Sjøvold
  • Ursula Sonnewald
  • Menno Witter
  • Kalle Achté (over 70 years)
  • Ingemar Björkhem (over 70 years)
  • Maynard Cohen (over 70 years)
  • William M. Cowan (over 70 years)
  • Dusan Ferluga (over 70 years)
  • Tetsuo Fukuda (over 70 years)
  • Georgii P. Georgiev (over 70 years)
  • Gunnar Grant (over 70 years)
  • Paul Greengard (over 70 years)
  • Sten Grillner (over 70 years)
  • Lars Åke Hanson (over 70 years)
  • Liv Kristin Hatle (over 70 years)
  • Hans Hultborn (over 70 years)
  • Peter Lachmann (over 70 years)
  • Karl August Lennert (over 70 years)
  • Anders Lundberg (over 70 years)
  • Georg Friedrich Melchers (over 70 years)
  • Enrico Mugnaini (over 70 years)
  • Rem V. Petrov (over 70 years)
  • Pasko Rakic (over 70 years)
  • Eero Saksela (over 70 years)
  • Arnold Bernard Scheibel (over 70 years)
  • Shen Yucun (over 70 years)
  • Anthony Smith (over 70 years)
  • Johan Stenflo (over 70 years)
  • Prakash Narain Tandon (over 70 years)
  • Pekka Tienari (over 70 years)
  • John Walton, Baron Walton of Detchant (over 70 years)

Technology

Norwegian
  • Kristian Berg
  • Mai-Britt Hägg
  • Tor Helleseth
  • Torgeir Moan
  • Brit Salbu
  • Jorolf Alstad (over 70 years)
  • Alf Bjørseth (over 70 years)
  • Tor Brustad (over 70 years)
  • Jon Gjønnes (over 70 years)
  • Odd Nakken (over 70 years)
  • Hans Martin Seip (over 70 years)
  • Eiliv Steinnes (over 70 years)
Foreign

Letters

History

Norwegian
Foreign
  • Kathleen Burk
  • Patrick Salmon
  • Jay Murray Winter
  • Michael Drake (over 70 years)
  • Ole Feldbæk (over 70 years)
  • Arthur E. Imhof (over 70 years)
  • Hans Christian Johansen (over 70 years)
  • Alf Johansson (over 70 years)
  • Michael Jones (over 70 years)
  • Aleksander Kan (over 70 years)
  • Odd S. Lovoll (over 70 years)
  • Christian Meier (over 70 years)
  • Göran B. Nilsson (over 70 years)
  • Birgitta Odén (over 70 years)
  • Alexandre O. Tchoubarian (over 70 years)
  • Rolf Torstendahl (over 70 years)
  • Eva Österberg (over 70 years)

Culture, aesthetics

Norwegian
  • Jon-Roar Bjørkvold
  • Sidsel Helliesen
  • Harald Herresthal
  • Bjarne Hodne
  • Signe Howell
  • Thomas Hylland Eriksen
  • Asbjørn Klepp
  • Øivind Lunde
  • Even Ruud
  • Arvid O. Vollsnes
  • Marit Werenskiold
  • Unni Wikan
  • Fredrik Barth (over 70 years)
  • Signe Horn Fuglesang (over 70 years)
  • Nils Grinde (over 70 years)
  • Erla K. Bergendahl Hohler (over 70 years)
  • Arne B. Johansen (over 70 years)
  • Arne Martin Klausen (over 70 years)
  • Hans-Emil Lidén (over 70 years)
  • Magne Malmanger (over 70 years)
  • Bjørn Myhre (over 70 years)
  • Per Jonas Nordhagen (over 70 years)
  • Ragnar Pedersen (over 70 years)
  • Staale Sinding-Larsen (over 70 years)
  • Erling Skaug (over 70 years)
  • Bergljot Solberg (over 70 years)
  • Eldrid Margreta Straume (over 70 years)
  • Hjalmar Torp (over 70 years)
Foreign
  • Owain Edwards
  • Kirsten B. Hastrup
  • Lotte Hedeager
  • Lise Bender Jørgensen
  • Bente Knold Kiilerich
  • Lena Liepe
  • Saphinaz-Amal Naguib
  • Valentino Pace
  • László Török
  • Jan von Bonsdorff
  • Hördur Ágústsson (over 70 years)
  • John Bergsagel (over 70 years)
  • Katalin Biró-Sey (over 70 years)
  • Barbara Crawford (over 70 years)
  • Carl Jacob Gardberg (over 70 years)
  • Erik Kjellberg (over 70 years)
  • Ekkehard Kreft (over 70 years)
  • Friedhelm Krummacher (over 70 years)
  • Jan Nils Ling (over 70 years)
  • Jan Maegaard (over 70 years)
  • Brita Malmer (over 70 years)
  • Olaf Olsen (over 70 years)
  • Robert Paine (over 70 years)
  • Heinrich W. Schwab (over 70 years)
  • Nils Storå (over 70 years)
  • Jan Svanberg (over 70 years)
  • Asko Vilkuna (over 70 years)
  • David Wilson (over 70 years)

Ideas

Norwegian
  • Herman Wright Cappelen
  • Andreas Føllesdal
  • Olav Gjelsvik
  • Øystein Linnebo
  • Bjørn Torgrim Ramberg
  • Ivar Reinvang
  • Bjørn Rishovd Rund
  • Camilla Serck-Hanssen
  • Kristian Tambs
  • Svenn Torgersen
  • Arne Johan Vetlesen
  • Margarete Erika Vollrath
  • Kristine B. Walhovd
  • Jon Elster (over 70 years)
  • Dagfinn Føllesdal (over 70 years)
  • Torgrim Gjesme (over 70 years)
  • Robert Alastair Hannay (over 70 years)
  • Jon Hellesnes (over 70 years)
  • Tore Helstrup (over 70 years)
  • Svein J. Magnussen (over 70 years)
  • Nils Roll-Hansen (over 70 years)
  • Ragnar Rommetveit (over 70 years)
  • Kjell Raaheim (over 70 years)
  • Gunnar Skirbekk (over 70 years)
  • Jan Smedslund (over 70 years)
  • Jon Martin Sundet (over 70 years)
  • Karl Halvor Teigen (over 70 years)
  • Svenn Omar Torgersen (over 70 years)
  • Egil A. Wyller (over 70 years)
Foreign

Literature

Norwegian
Foreign
  • André Guyaux
  • Annegret Heitmann
  • Johnny Kondrup
  • Arne Melberg
  • Janet Rasmussen
  • Stuart Sillars
  • Jeremy M. Hawthorn (over 70 years)
  • Inge Jonsson (over 70 years)
  • Annette Kolodny (over 70 years)
  • Mitsuya Mori (over 70 years)
  • Mary Kay Norseng (over 70 years)
  • Vésteinn Ólason (over 70 years)
  • Fritz Paul (over 70 years)
  • Sandra Saari (over 70 years)
  • Beatrice Sandberg (over 70 years)
  • Claes Schaar (over 70 years)
  • Barbro Ståhle Sjönell
  • Thure Stenström (over 70 years)
  • Thomas F. Van Laan (over 70 years)
  • Helen Vendler (over 70 years)
  • Johan Wrede (over 70 years)

Philology, linguistics

Norwegian
  • Øivind Andersen
  • Synnøve des Bouvrie
  • Leiv Egil Breivik
  • Bernt Brendemoen
  • Jens Erland Braarvig
  • Tove Bull
  • Helge J. J. Dyvik
  • Ernst Håkon Jahr
  • Elizabeth Lanza
  • Ole Henrik Magga
  • Else Mundal
  • Toril Swan
  • Kjell Johan Sæbø
  • Geirr Wiggen
  • John Ole Askedal (over 70 years)
  • Jan Terje Faarlund (over 70 years)
  • Jan Ragnar Hagland (over 70 years)
  • Dag Gundersen (over 70 years)
  • Even Hovdhaugen (over 70 years)
  • Knut Kleve (over 70 years)
  • Egil Kraggerud (over 70 years)
  • Fredrik Otto Lindeman (over 70 years)
  • Inger Moen (over 70 years)
  • Leif Magnar Mæhle (over 70 years)
  • Svein Karl Mønnesland (over 70 years)
  • Oddvar Nes (over 70 years)
  • Helge Nordahl (over 70 years)
  • Magnus Rindal (over 70 years)
  • Arthur O. Sandved (over 70 years)
  • Kolbjørn Skaare (over 70 years)
  • Magnus Ulleland (over 70 years)
  • Kjell Ivar Vannebo (over 70 years)
  • Kjell Venås (over 70 years)
  • Kjell Aartun (over 70 years)
Foreign
  • Monika Asztalos
  • Michael Patrick Barnes
  • Michael Benskin
  • Henning Bergenholtz
  • Kurt Braunmüller
  • Tatiana Chernigovskaya
  • François-Xavier Dillmann
  • Cathrine Fabricius Hansen
  • Christoph Harbsmeier
  • William Hardcastle
  • Merle Horne
  • Anthony B. Hunt
  • Margaret Laing
  • Hans Christer Laurén
  • Andrew R. Linn
  • Jørn Lund
  • Marianne Mithun
  • Lars Boje Mortensen
  • Simo K. A. Parpola
  • Stanislaw Puppel
  • Ljubisa Rajic
  • Bo Ralph
  • Pekka Sammallahti
  • Peter Trudgill
  • Rainer Voigt
  • Sture Allén (over 70 years)
  • Valerij Berkov (over 70 years)
  • Helmut Birkhan (over 70 years)
  • Klaus Düwel (over 70 years)
  • Jacek Fisiak (over 70 years)
  • Peter G. Foote (over 70 years)
  • Eric Walter Handley (over 70 years)
  • Erik Hansen (over 70 years)
  • Gösta Holm (over 70 years)
  • Lars Evert Huldén (over 70 years)
  • Tomas Hägg (over 70 years)
  • Milka Ivic (over 70 years)
  • Minna Skafte Jensen (over 70 years)
  • Radoslav Katičić (over 70 years)
  • Ebbe Egede Knudsen (over 70 years)
  • Jónas Kristjánsson (over 70 years)
  • Geoffrey Leech (over 70 years)
  • Hugo J. C. Montgomery (over 70 years)
  • Els Oksaar (over 70 years)
  • Bengt Sigurd (over 70 years)
  • Anna-Brita Stenström (over 70 years)
  • Sven Teleman (over 70 years)
  • Boris Uspenskij (over 70 years)
  • Gun Widmark (over 70 years)
  • Zigmas Zinkevičius (over 70 years)

Jurisprudence

Norwegian
Foreign
  • Francis P. Delpérée
  • Torgny Håstad
  • Kirsten Ketscher
  • Jozef Van Langendonck
  • Hjalte Rasmussen
  • Anders Agell (over 70 years)
  • Edward Andersson (over 70 years)
  • Bertil Bengtsson (over 70 years)
  • Stig Strömholm (over 70 years)

Social sciences

Norwegian
Foreign

Religion, theology

Norwegian
Foreign
  • John Barton
  • Niels Jørgen Cappelørn
  • Troels Engberg-Pedersen
  • Nils Hellholm
  • Samuel Rubenson
  • Håkan Rydving
  • Einar Sigurbjörnsson
  • David E. Aune (over 70 years)
  • Kenneth G. Hagen (over 70 years)
  • Menahem Haran (over 70 years)
  • Eberhard Jüngel (over 70 years)
  • Edvin G. Larsson (over 70 years)
  • Ingun Montgomery (over 70 years)
  • Eduard Nielsen (over 70 years)
  • Magnus Y. Ottosson (over 70 years)
  • Helmer Ringgren (over 70 years)
  • Rudolf Smend (over 70 years)
  • Reinhart Staats (over 70 years)

References