Olav Holt (born 7 January 1935) is a Norwegian physicist. Holt was born in

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, and took his

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degree in 1963. Holt is a specialist in the upper atmosphere physics and radio wave propagation in the ionosphere. Later, Holt was hired as professor at the

University of Tromsø The University of Tromsø – The Arctic University of Norway (Norwegian: ''Universitetet i Tromsø – Norges arktiske universitet''; Northern Sami: ''Romssa universitehta – Norgga árktalaš universitehta'') is a state university in Norway an ...

in 1969, where he served as rector from 1973 to 1977. He is a fellow of the

Norwegian Academy of Technological Sciences The Norwegian Academy of Technological Sciences ( no, Norges Tekniske Vitenskapsakademi, NTVA) is a learned society based in Trondheim, Norway. Founded in 1955, the academy has about 500 members. It is a member of the International Council of Aca ...

. In 2003 he was proclaimed Knight, First Class of the

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. His wife is Tordis Holt and he is the father of the Norwegian bestselling author and former Minister of Justice Anne Holt, and the Cardiologist Dr.med. Even Holt.

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1935 births Living people People from Larvik Norwegian physicists Academic staff of the University of Tromsø Rectors of the University of Tromsø Members of the Norwegian Academy of Technological Sciences {{physicist-stub