Synnøve Liaaen Jensen (1 March 1932 – 22 April 2022) was a Norwegian chemist.

She took the dr.techn. degree in 1963 as the first woman in Norway, and became the first female professor at the Norwegian Institute of Technology. She was a professor of theoretical chemistry there from 1970 to her retirement. She also received an honorary degree at the University of Zurich[1] in 1986.[2][3] She was a fellow of the Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters[4] and the Norwegian Academy of Technological Sciences.[5]

References

  1. ↑ Universität Zürich Jahresbericht 1986 1987, S. 104
  2. ↑ "Synnøve Liaaen Jensen". Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Retrieved 19 December 2022.
  3. ↑ Aasen, Arne Jørgen. "Synnøve Liaaen Jensen". In Helle, Knut (ed.). Norsk biografisk leksikon (in Norwegian). Oslo: Kunnskapsforlaget. Retrieved 12 September 2012.
  4. ↑ "Gruppe 4: Kjemi" (in Norwegian). Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters. Retrieved 12 September 2012.
  5. ↑ "Medlemmer: JENSEN, Synnøve Inga Johanne Liaaen" (in Norwegian). Norwegian Academy of Technological Sciences. Retrieved 4 December 2012.


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