Bernt Arne Lynge (9 July 1884 – 28 January 1942) was a Norwegian
botanist
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. He specialized in
lichen
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Lynge was born at
Lyngør
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in
Aust-Agder
Aust-Agder (, en, "East Agder") was a county (''fylke'') in Norway until 1 January 2020, when it was merged with Vest-Agder to form Agder county. In 2002, there were 102,945 inhabitants, which was 2.2% of Norway's population. Its area was . The ...
Natural History Museum at the University of Oslo
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It traces its roots to the Universi ...
. He was appointed professor of botany at the University of Oslo from 1935. Lynge was elected to the Norwegian Academy of Science. His publications included ''Studies on the Lichen Flora of Norway'' (1921) and '' Vascular Plants from Novaya Semlyen'' (1923).
The
Spitsbergen
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glacier
Lyngebreen
Lyngebreen is a glacier in Sørkapp Land at Spitsbergen, Svalbard. It has a length of about four kilometers, and is located at the northern part of Kistefjellet, south of St. Nikolausfjellet. The glacier is named after Norwegian botanist and lic ...