Willy Martin Martinussen (born 21 July 1938) is a Norwegian sociologist. Martinussen was born in

Vestvågøy Municipality Vestvågøy is a municipality in Nordland county, Norway. It is part of the traditional district of Lofoten. The administrative centre of the municipality is the town of Leknes. Some of the villages in the municipality include Ballstad, Borg, ...

and graduated from the

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with a mag.art. degree (PhD equivalent) in 1965. He worked at the

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from 1963 to 1977, and was hired at the

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(which was later merged into the

Norwegian University of Science and Technology Norwegian, Norwayan, or Norsk may refer to: *Something of, from, or related to Norway, a country in northwestern Europe *Norwegians, both a nation and an ethnic group native to Norway *Demographics of Norway *The Norwegian language, including the ...

) in 1977. He has edited the journals from 1972 to 1976 and from 1993 to 1996. His books include (1972, with

Henry Valen Henry Halfdan Valen (20 May 1924 – 27 January 2007) was a Norwegian political scientist. He was born in Hadsel. He was appointed Professor at the University of Oslo from 1970. His main research interest has been electorate behavior. He cha ...

), (1973), (1988), and (1997).

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1938 births Living people Norwegian sociologists University of Oslo alumni Academic staff of the Norwegian University of Science and Technology People from Vestvågøy {{Norway-sociologist-stub