Ragnvald Karl Olav Høier (30 November 1938 – 23 October 2009) was a Norwegian physicist. He graduated from the University of Oslo with the cand.real. degree in 1965, and took the

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degree in 1973. He was appointed as professor 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 ...

(later known as

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) in 1983. He was also involved at SINTEF.

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1938 births 2009 deaths Norwegian physicists University of Oslo alumni Academic staff of the Norwegian Institute of Technology Academic staff of the Norwegian University of Science and Technology {{Norway-scientist-stub