Viking Olver Eriksen
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Viking Olver Eriksen is a Norwegian nuclear physicist.
He was born in Stavanger
, and graduated as cand.real. in 1951. In 1952 he was hired at the Institute for Nuclear Energy at Kjeller
—the institution is now named the Norwegian Institute for Energy Technology—as head of the physics department. He left this position in 1965 to become assisting director. In 1968 he was managing director for a brief time, from 1971 to 1982 he held this position on a permanent basis.
He was born in Stavanger
Stavanger
Stavanger is a city and municipality in the county of Rogaland, Norway.Stavanger municipality has a population of 126,469. There are 197,852 people living in the Stavanger conurbation, making Stavanger the fourth largest city, but the third largest urban area, in Norway...
, and graduated as cand.real. in 1951. In 1952 he was hired at the Institute for Nuclear Energy at Kjeller
Kjeller
Kjeller is located near Lillestrøm in the municipality of Skedsmo, Norway. It is located 25 kilometers north of Oslo.-The name:The Norse form of the name was probably Tjaldir. This is then the plural of tjald n 'tent'...
—the institution is now named the Norwegian Institute for Energy Technology—as head of the physics department. He left this position in 1965 to become assisting director. In 1968 he was managing director for a brief time, from 1971 to 1982 he held this position on a permanent basis.