Haakon Andreas Olsen (18 September 1923 – 22 August 2010) was a Norwegian physicist. Olsen was born in Tromsø and finished his secondary education in 1944. He enrolled at the

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, first in architecture, then in technical physics and finally theoretical physics under

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. He graduated with the siv.ing. degree in 1950 and the dr.techn. degree in 1953. His specialty was elementary particle physics. Olsen was appointed as a docent at the Norwegian Institute of Technology in 1956 and professor in 1962. In 1965 he became a professor at the Norwegian College of Teaching in Trondheim, where he served as rector from 1969 to 1975. He became a professor emeritus at the age of 70, but continued working at the university on a daily basis into his 80s. The Norwegian College of Teaching in Trondheim became a part of the University of Trondheim, where Olsen chaired the interim board from 1972 to 1975. He was also central in the development of Dragvoll campus. He also chaired the

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Committee within the science research council NTNF from 1980 to 1993, having been a committee member since 1966. He also edited the Norwegian Physical Society's magazine ''Fra fysikkens verden''. Olsen was a fellow of the Royal Norwegian Society of Sciences and Letters (praeses 1990 to 1995), fellow of the

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from 1999, of the Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters, and honorary member of the

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from 1992. Olsen resided at Gløshaugen, near the Institute of Technology. He died in August 2010.

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Scientific publications of Haakon Andreas Olsen
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