Otto Christian Astrup Bastiansen (5 September 1918 – 2 October 1995) was a Norwegian chemist and physical chemist. He was the son of priest Alf Bjørnskau Bastiansen and brother of jurist Peter Bastiansen. He took the

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degree in 1949, and was hired as a lecturer at the University of Oslo in 1954. Already in 1955 he became professor of theoretical chemistry at the

Norwegian Institute of Technology The Norwegian Institute of Technology (Norwegian: ''Norges tekniske høgskole'', NTH) was a science institute in Trondheim, Norway. It was established in 1910, and existed as an independent technical university for 58 years, after which it was m ...

. He returned to the University of Oslo in 1962, and switched from theoretical chemistry to physical chemistry in 1964. From 1965 to 1969 he chaired the research council

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. He was then vice rector from 1970 to 1973 and rector from 1973 to 1976 at the University of Oslo. He was also a visiting scholar, both in the United States and at the University of Moscow. Otto Bastiansen was a member of the first anti-nuclear organization in Norway, together with

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, Johan Bernitz Hygen and Odd Hølaas, among others.

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1918 births 1995 deaths Norwegian physical chemists Norwegian chemists Academic staff of the Norwegian Institute of Technology Academic staff of the University of Oslo Rectors of the University of Oslo Members of the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences {{Norway-academic-bio-stub