Olav Magnus Skulberg (3 August 1930 – 15 January 2021) was a Norwegian limnologist. He was born in Spydeberg, and

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his secondary education in Askim in 1949. He studied at the University of Oslo as well as in Switzerland. In 1958 he was hired in the

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, becoming a specialist on

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. He was a fellow of the Linnean Society of London. He died in January 2021.

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1930 births 2021 deaths People from Spydeberg Norwegian limnologists Fellows of the Linnean Society of London Norwegian expatriates in Switzerland {{Norway-academic-bio-stub