Torleiv Ole Rognum (born 9 April 1948) is a Norwegian physician and politician for the Christian Democratic Party. He took the

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degree as a cancer researcher in 1982, and but was appointed as an associate professor at the Institute of Forensic Medicine, Oslo in 1984. He was promoted to professor in 1991. He has also worked at the Institute of Pathology,

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, and at the hospital Rikshospitalet. He also aids the National Criminal Investigation Service in forensic identification. He chaired the

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from 1998 to 2000, and was later deputy chair. He is a member of Asker

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. He served as a deputy representative to the

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from Akershus during the term 2009–2013. In 2007 he was decorated as a Knight, First Class of the

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1948 births Living people Norwegian pathologists Academic staff of the University of Oslo Asker politicians Christian Democratic Party (Norway) politicians Deputy members of the Storting {{Norway-politician-1940s-stub