Yngvar Løchen was a Norwegian sociologist.

He took his dr.philos. in 1965 and was hired as associate professor of community medicine at the University of Oslo

University of Oslo

The University of Oslo , formerly The Royal Frederick University , is the oldest and largest university in Norway, situated in the Norwegian capital of Oslo. The university was founded in 1811 and was modelled after the recently established University of Berlin...

 the same year. In 1971 he was appointed professor in the sociology of medicine at the University of Tromsø

University of Tromsø

The University of Tromsø is the world's northernmost university. Located in the city of Tromsø, Norway, it was established in 1968, and opened in 1972. It is one of eight universities in Norway. The University of Tromsø is the largest research and educational institution in northern Norway...

. He served as rector

Rector

The word rector has a number of different meanings; it is widely used to refer to an academic, religious or political administrator...

from 1977 to 1981.

He was also chairman of the Hovedkomiteen for norsk forskning from 1974 to 1977, and of the Rådet for samfunnsvitenskapelig forskning from 1985 to 1989.

Selected bibliography

This is a list of his most notable works:

• Idealer og realiteter i et psykiatrisk sykehus (1965)
• Sosiologens dilemma (1970)
• Behandlingssamfunnet (1971)
• Stol på egne krefter (1977)
• Liv og forvitring i vårt samfunn (1985)
• Forpliktende fantasi (1993)
• Det gjenstridige livet (1998)