Kirsten Kjelsberg Osen (born 20 July 1928) is a Norwegian anatomist and otologist.

Personal life

Osen was born in

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, the daughter of a teacher and school principal. Osen graduated as Candidate of Medicine in 1954 and as Doctor Medicinae in 1970.

Career

She was appointed professor of morphology at the University of Tromsø in 1971, and was the first female professor of medicine in Norway. She stayed in Tromsø for five years, and then returned to the University of Oslo, as researcher at the . Her principal field of research has been studies of the cochlear nuclei. She has been active in the Norwegian chapter of the International Physicians for the Prevention of Nuclear War, and the Norwegian Pugwash committee. She is a member of the Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters since 1995.

Personal life

Osen married flight inspector Knut Osen in 1955.

References

1928 births Living people People from Alta, Norway Norwegian anatomists Norwegian medical researchers Norwegian surgeons Otolaryngologists Norwegian women scientists Academic staff of the University of Oslo Academic staff of the University of Tromsø Members of the Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters Women anatomists {{Norway-scientist-stub