Øystein Elgarøy (13 June 1929 – 8 September 1998) was a Norwegian

astronomer An astronomer is a scientist in the field of astronomy who focuses on a specific question or field outside the scope of Earth. Astronomers observe astronomical objects, such as stars, planets, natural satellite, moons, comets and galaxy, galax ...

, with a specialty in solar

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. He was appointed as a lecturer of

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at the

University of Oslo The University of Oslo (; ) is a public university, public research university located in Oslo, Norway. It is the List of oldest universities in continuous operation#Europe, oldest university in Norway. Originally named the Royal Frederick Univ ...

, located in

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, Norway, in 1968, and was a professor from 1983. Elgarøy published several books, including textbooks. Elgarøy was a brother of composer

Jan Elgarøy Jan Elgarøy (20 December 1930 − 24 June 2018) was a Norwegian organist and composer. He was born in Moss, and was a brother of astronomer Øystein Elgarøy. His instrument was the organ Organ and organs may refer to: Biology * Organ (biolog ...

. He was a strong apologist for Christianity until he became an atheist. His son, also named Øystein Elgarøy (born 1972), is a professor of astrophysics at the University of Oslo.

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1929 births 1998 deaths People from Moss, Norway 20th-century astronomers 20th-century Norwegian people Norwegian astronomers Academic staff of the University of Oslo {{Norway-scientist-stub