Ole Danbolt Mjøs (8 March 1939 – 1 October 2013) was a Norwegian physician and politician for the Christian Democratic Party. A professor and former rector at the University of Tromsø, he was known worldwide as the leader of the Norwegian Nobel Committee from 2003 to 2008.

Career

Born in

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, he took the dr.med. degree in 1972. In 1975 he was appointed professor of

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at the University of Tromsø. From 1989 to 1995 he served as rector there. Mjøs was also well known outside of his academic field. He chaired Kringkastingsrådet from 1990 to 1994, and has held various political offices. From 1998 to 2000 he chaired the so-called ''Mjøs Committee'', which delivered the Norwegian Official Report 2000:14, thus paving way for the so-called Quality Reform. From 2003 to 2008 he chaired the Norwegian Nobel Committee, which is awarding the

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. Laureates during his times as chair were Shirin Ebadi (2003), Wangari Maathai (2004) the

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and Mohamed ElBaradei (2005)

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and the Grameen Bank (2006),

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and the

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(2007), and

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(2008). In 2009, he was succeeded as leader by Thorbjørn Jagland. Mjøs was decorated with the Royal Norwegian Order of St. Olav and the

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. Mjøs died following a long illness on 1 October 2013, aged 74.Jan Arild Holbek and Trygve W. Jordheim (1 October 2013)
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Vårt Land. Retrieved 1 October 2013

References

1939 births 2013 deaths Norwegian physiologists Academic staff of the University of Tromsø Rectors of the University of Tromsø Christian Democratic Party (Norway) politicians Recipients of the Order of the Lion of Finland Chairpersons of the Norwegian Nobel Committee {{Norway-politician-1930s-stub