Trygve Røed-Larsen (born 17 May 1939) is a Norwegian physicist. He graduated with the

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degree in physics, and took the

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degree at the

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in 1973. He spent his professional career at the

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and

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, and was also a delegate to AGARD. He has over 100 academic publications, and is a member of the

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. He resides in

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1939 births Living people Norwegian physicists Norwegian climatologists People from Bærum Members of the Norwegian Academy of Technological Sciences {{Norway-academic-bio-stub