In 1985 graduated from the Norwegian
University of Science and Technology; degreed engineer physicist; doctoral
dissertation, 1991; since 1996 he works as the professor of physics in the
Norwegian university of the agriculture; in 1990 he was one of five Norwegian
candidates for the European astronaut group; but could not pass the first stage
of the selection of the European Commission; was noticed on the shortlist of 25
candidate applicants by the European Astronauts Board Selection (EASB), but was
not selected in 1992 and again 1998. |