Editing University of Bergen (section)

== History ==

[[File:Bergen museum Norway 2009 1.JPG|thumb|University Museum of Bergen]]
The university traces its roots to several earlier scientific and scholarly institutions founded in [[Bergen]]. Academic activity had taken place in Bergen since the founding of [[Bergen Cathedral School]] in 1153, the [[Seminarium Fredericianum]] in 1750 and the establishment of the [[Royal Norwegian Naval Academy]] in 1817. Academia and higher education would also be significantly advanced in the city with the establishment of [[Bergen Museum]], later renamed ''University Museum of Bergen'', in 1825. Founded by [[Wilhelm Frimann Koren Christie|Wilhelm Frimann Christie]] and [[Jacob Neumann]], the museum became a venue for both research and education specialized on natural science, and featured prominent researcher like [[Michael Sars]], [[Daniel Cornelius Danielssen]] and [[Fridtjof Nansen]].<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.uib.no/utdanning/49947/et-tradisjonsrikt-universitet|title=Et tradisjonsrikt universitet|work=Universitetet i Bergen|access-date=2017-10-27|language=nb|archive-date=2017-10-27|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171027232520/http://www.uib.no/utdanning/49947/et-tradisjonsrikt-universitet|url-status=live}}</ref>

Bergen would eventually become a city with several arenas for higher education and research with the [[Geophysical Institute, University of Bergen|Geophysical Institute]] being established in 1917, the Chr. Michelsen Institute in 1930, the [[Norwegian School of Economics]] in 1936 and finally the university in 1946.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.uib.no/aktuelt/99854/universitetet-i-bergen-er-70-%C3%A5r|title=Universitetet i Bergen er 70 år|work=Universitetet i Bergen|access-date=2017-11-13|language=nb|archive-date=2017-11-13|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171113221753/http://www.uib.no/aktuelt/99854/universitetet-i-bergen-er-70-%C3%A5r|url-status=live}}</ref> The University of Bergen was established by an act of parliament in 1946, as Norway's second university.

===Rector elections===
====2021====
{{Election results
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|party1=Team Hagen|votes1={{sum|959|1338|408}}
|party2=Team Samdal|votes2={{sum|420|755|462}}
|invalid=222
|electorate=22943
|source=<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.khrono.no/margareth-hagen-er-ny-rektor-ved-universitetet-i-bergen/566221|title=Margareth Hagen er ny rektor ved Universitetet i Bergen|date=2021-03-25|archiveurl=http://web.archive.org/web/20210411211728/https://www.khrono.no/margareth-hagen-er-ny-rektor-ved-universitetet-i-bergen/566221|archivedate=2021-04-11}}</ref>
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