Astrid Løken, Date of Birth, Date of Death

Astrid Løken

Norwegian entomologist

Date of Birth: 14-Apr-1911

Date of Death: 19-Jan-2008

Profession: entomologist

Nationality: Norway

Zodiac Sign: Aries

Astrid Løken (14 April 1911 – 19 January 2008) was a Norwegian entomologist and member of the Norwegian resistance movement during World War II.
Spending most of her career at Bergen Museum, from 1949 to 1979, she was the first female member of the Norwegian Entomological Society, and specialized in the bumblebee genus Bombus.