Anders Martin Fjell (born 17 April 1974) is a Norwegian psychologist, neuroscientist and Professor of Cognitive Psychology at the University of Oslo. [1] Together with his wife, fellow neuroscientist Kristine Beate Walhovd, he established the Centre of Lifespan Changes in Brain and Cognition at the University of Oslo, which was given the status of "world leading research environment" by the Government of Norway in 2015. [2] [3] He and his wife shared the Fridtjof Nansen Prize in 2007. [4] He was elected as a member of the Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters in 2017. According to Google Scholar, he has been cited around 14,000 times in scientific literature and has an h-index of 67. [5]
Fjell is a former municipality in the old Hordaland county, Norway. It is part of the traditional district of Midhordland. The municipality consisted of several islands west of the city of Bergen, the major ones being Litlesotra, the northern part of Store Sotra, Bildøy, Bjorøy, Misje, and Turøy. The administrative centre of Fjell is the village of Straume. Some of the villages in Fjell included Ågotnes, Fjell, Foldnes, Knappskog, Knarrevik, Kolltveit, Landro, and Sekkingstad. On 1 January 2020, the municipality became part of Øygarden Municipality in Vestland county.
A fell is a high and barren landscape feature, such as a mountain or moor-covered hill. The term is most often employed in Fennoscandia, Iceland, the Isle of Man, parts of northern England, and Scotland.
Anders Bratholm was a Norwegian professor and legal scholar.
Johan Falkberget, born Johan Petter Lillebakken, was a Norwegian author. He was nominated for the Nobel Prize in Literature.
Kai Breder Fjell was a Norwegian painter, printmaker and scenographer.
Ola Didrik Saugstad is a Norwegian pediatrician, neonatologist and neuroscientist noted for his research on resuscitation of newborn children and his contribution to reduce child mortality. He is a Research Professor at Oslo University Hospital and Professor of Neonatology at Northwestern University's Feinberg School of Medicine in Chicago. He is Professor Emeritus of Pediatrics at the University of Oslo and was Director of the Department of Pediatric Research at Oslo University Hospital from 1991 to 2017.
Torill Selsvold Nyborg is a Norwegian nurse, missionary and politician for the Christian Democratic Party.
Mahmood Amiry-Moghaddam, is a Norwegian-Iranian neuroscientist and human rights advocate.
Johannes Mathias Sejersted Bødtker CBE was a Norwegian banker, art collector and patron of the arts.
Ole Petter Ottersen is a Norwegian physician and neuroscientist. He serves as the Rector of Karolinska Institute in Sweden, and took office in August 2017. Ottersen has been professor of medicine at the University of Oslo since 1992 and served as the university's directly elected Rector from 2009 to 2017.
Oslo, August 31st is a 2011 Norwegian drama film directed by Joachim Trier. It is the second film, along with Reprise (2006) and The Worst Person in the World (2021), in Trier's "Oslo Trilogy". The film is a homage to, and loosely based on Pierre Drieu La Rochelle's novel Will O' the Wisp (1931) and Louis Malle's feature film The Fire Within (1963).
Norwegian-Iranians are Norwegians of Iranian descent. The first wave of Norwegian-Iranians migrated to Norway as a direct consequence of the political instability that followed the Islamic revolution in 1979. The political climate has since forced many others to seek refuge in Norway.
A Fjell or Fell is a high and barren landscape feature in Fennoscandia, the Isle of Man, parts of Northern England, and Scotland.
The Department of Psychology at the University of Oslo is the oldest and largest research institute and educational institution in psychology in Norway. It is Norway's main research institution in clinical psychology, cognitive psychology, developmental psychology, personality psychology, and social and cultural psychology, and one of the main research environments in neuroscience. The institute is located in the Harald Schjelderup Building adjacent to Oslo University Hospital, Rikshospitalet in the Gaustad area of Oslo; the building is shared with parts of the Faculty of Medicine, while Oslo University Hospital occupies surrounding buildings. The institute's alumni include two Nobel laureates, Edvard Moser and May-Britt Moser.
Vi vil oss et land... was a 1936 election propaganda film for the Norwegian Conservative Party, directed by Leif Sinding. The title is taken from a poem by Per Sivle.
Kristine Beate Walhovd is a Norwegian psychologist, neuroscientist and Professor of Neuropsychology at the University of Oslo. Together with fellow neuroscientist Anders Fjell, she established the Centre of Lifespan Changes in Brain and Cognition at the University of Oslo, which was given the status of "world leading research environment" by the Government of Norway in 2015. She and Anders Fjell shared the Fridtjof Nansen Prize in 2007. She was elected as a member of the Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters in 2011. In 2017 she received a European Research Council consolidator grant. According to Google Scholar, she has been cited over 14,000 times in scientific literature and has an h-index of 67.
Thomas Espeseth is a Norwegian psychologist, neuroscientist and Professor of Psychology at the University of Oslo. He researches cognitive neurogenetics, such as genetic effects on the brains's morphology, physiology, and cognitive functions. In 2008 he received His Majesty The King's Gold Medal for his research. According to Google Scholar, he has been cited over 15000 times in scientific literature and has an h-index of 54.
Stein Andersson is a Norwegian psychologist, neuroscientist and Professor (Chair) of Clinical and Cognitive Neuropsychology at the University of Oslo, where he also heads the department of cognitive psychology and neuropsychology. He researches clinical and cognitive neuropsychology in patients with different somatic, neurological and neuropsychiatric and psychiatric disorders, including neurocognitive mechanisms in affective disorders.
Siri Graff Leknes is a Norwegian neuroscientist and Professor (Chair) of Neuroscience at the University of Oslo, where she directs the Leknes Affective Brain Lab, which is funded by a European Research Council grant.