Åsmund Lønning Strømnes (14 October 1927 – 3 December 2009) was a Norwegian educationalist. He was born in

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, and graduated from Volda Teacher's College in 1951. He worked ten years as a teacher before enrolling at the

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. He has a

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degree from the University of Oslo (1968), and worked as a

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there from 1970 to 1973. He was a professor at the

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from 1973 to 1985 and at the

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(from 1996:

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) from 1985 to 1997. He was a

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during his time in

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. He was given the

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in 2007, and was a fellow of the

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. From 1985 to 2008 he edited the ''Scandinavian Journal of Educational Research''. Strømnes was a co-founder of the

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, and was its first chairman of the board from 1971 to 1974. He has also been a member of the council NAVF. After retiring, he moved to

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where he worked with local history. He died on 3 December 2009.

References

1927 births 2009 deaths People from Harstad People from Eidsvoll Norwegian educators Volda University College alumni University of Oslo alumni Academic staff of the University of Oslo Academic staff of the University of Tromsø Academic staff of the Norwegian University of Science and Technology Royal Norwegian Society of Sciences and Letters {{Norway-academic-bio-stub