Åsmund L. Strømnes, Date of Birth, Date of Death

Åsmund L. Strømnes

Norwegian academic

Date of Birth: 14-Oct-1927

Date of Death: 03-Dec-2009

Nationality: Norway

Zodiac Sign: Libra

Åsmund Lønning Strømnes (14 October 1927 – 3 December 2009) was a Norwegian educationalist. He was born in Trondenes, and graduated from Volda Teacher's College in 1951.
He worked ten years as a teacher before enrolling at the University of Oslo.
He has a Doctor of Philosophy degree from the University of Oslo (1968), and worked as a docent there from 1970 to 1973.
He was a professor at the University of Tromsø from 1973 to 1985 and at the University of Trondheim (from 1996: Norwegian University of Science and Technology) from 1985 to 1997.
He was a dean during his time in Tromsø.
He was given the honorary degree at Uppsala University in 2007, and was a fellow of the Royal Norwegian Society of Sciences and Letters.
From 1985 to 2008 he edited the Scandinavian Journal of Educational Research.Strømnes was a co-founder of the Norwegian Social Science Data Services, 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 Eidsvoll where he worked with local history.
He died on 3 December 2009.