Editing University of Oslo (section)

==Notable people==
[[File:Fridtjof Nansen LOC 03377u-3.jpg|thumb|[[Fridtjof Nansen]] was Professor of Zoology and Rector-elect, and was also known as an explorer, humanitarian and recipient of the [[Nobel Peace Prize]]]]
[[File:Johan Galtung.jpg|thumb|[[Johan Galtung]], the founder of [[peace and conflict studies]], held the world's first chair in that discipline at the University of Oslo 1969–1977]]
{{See also|List of University of Oslo people}}

The University of Oslo has a long list of notable academics and alumni, spanning the fields of scholarship covered by the university. The university is home to five Nobel Prize winners and is institutionally tied to some of the most prestigious prizes in the world. The [[Nobel Peace Prize]] was awarded in the university's atrium between 1947 and 1989, thus making it the only university to host a Nobel Prize ceremony.<ref>{{cite web|title=Prisutdelingen|url=http://nobelpeaceprize.org/nb_NO/about_peaceprize/award_ceremony/|work=Nobels Fredspris|publisher=Det Norske Nobelinstitutt|access-date=22 September 2012|language=no|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121104042251/http://nobelpeaceprize.org/nb_NO/about_peaceprize/award_ceremony/|archive-date=4 November 2012|df=dmy-all}}</ref> Since 2003, the [[Abel Prize]] is awarded in the university's atrium.

===Academics===

Some of the notable academics of the university are:
*[[Vilhelm Aubert]] (Professor of Sociology)
*[[Cecilia Bailliet]] (Professor of Law) and [[United Nations special rapporteur|UN special rapporteur]] on human rights<ref name=cb>{{Cite web |date=October 2023 |title=Ms. Cecilia Bailliet: Independent Expert on human rights and international solidarity |url=https://www.ohchr.org/en/special-procedures/ie-international-solidarity/ms-cecilia-bailliet |access-date=June 16, 2024 |website=Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights}}</ref>
*[[Fredrik Barth]] (Professor of Social Anthropology)
*[[Jon Bing]] (Professor of Law; pioneer of legal [[Informatics (academic field)|informatics]])
*[[Nils Christie]] (Professor of Criminology)
*[[Ole-Johan Dahl]] (Professor of Computer Science)
*[[Tove Stang Dahl]] (Professor of Law; pioneer of [[feminist jurisprudence]])
*[[Ivar Giæver]] (Professor of Physics)
*[[Johan Galtung]] (Professor of Peace and Conflict Studies; founder of [[peace and conflict studies|the field]])
*[[Victor Goldschmidt]] (Professor of Mineralogy and Petrography, founder of geochemistry and crystal chemistry)
*[[Erik Grønseth]] (Professor of Sociology; founder of Norwegian [[family sociology]])
*[[Francis Hagerup]] (Professor of Law)
*[[Viggo Hagstrøm]] (Professor of Law)
*[[Odd Hassel]] (Professor of Chemistry)
*[[Harriet Holter]] (Professor of Social Psychology)
*[[Trygve Haavelmo]] (Professor of Economics)
*[[Thomas Mathiesen]] (Professor of Sociology)
*[[Fridtjof Nansen]] (Professor of Zoology)
*[[Arnved Nedkvitne]] (Professor of History)
*[[Arne Næss]] (Professor of Philosophy; founder of [[deep ecology]])
*[[Kristen Nygaard]] (Professor of Computer Science)
*[[Trygve Reenskaug]] (Professor of Informatics)
*[[Vibeke Roggen]] (Associate Professor of Classics)
*[[Sophus Lie]] (Professor of Mathematics, pioneer in [[abstract algebra]]; largely created the theory of [[continuous symmetry]])
*[[Ragnhild Sollund]] (Professor of Criminology)
*[[Peter Ludwig Mejdell Sylow]] (Professor of Mathematics)
*[[Carl Marstrander]] (Professor of Celtic Languages)
*[[Georg Morgenstierne]] (Professor of Linguistics)

===Alumni===

*[[Niels Henrik Abel]] (1802–1829) – mathematician, the [[Abel Prize]] in mathematics is named in his honour
*[[Gro Harlem Brundtland]] – former prime minister of Norway
*[[Øyvind Ellingsen]] (born 1952) – Norwegian cardiologist
* [[Elisabeth Erke]] (born 1962) – Norwegian Sami educator and politician
* [[Åse Kleveland]] – Norwegian singer and politician
* [[Fridtjof Nansen]] – Arctic explorer and Nobel Prize laureate
* [[Harrison Schmitt]] – former American astronaut, walked on the Moon during [[Apollo 17]]
* [[Petrit Selimi]] – deputy minister of foreign affairs of Kosovo
* [[Baldwin Spencer (politician)|Baldwin Spencer]] – prime minister of Antigua and Barbuda
* [[Jens Stoltenberg]] – former prime minister of Norway and secretary general of NATO
* [[Andreas Thorud]] – footballer
* [[Olav Torgersen]]  (1907 – 1978) – physician, pathologist and academic
* [[Thor Heyerdahl]] – [[ethnographer]], adventurer
* [[Kåre Willoch]] – former prime minister of Norway
* [[Ingeborg Hoff]] – Norwegian linguist, who later was Senior Archivist at the Norwegian Dialect Archive
*[[Ernst Sejersted Selmer|Ernst S. Selmer]] - mathematician and [[Cryptography|cryptologist]]
*[[Atle Selberg]] - mathematician and [[Fields Medal]] winner
*[[Bård Guldvik Eithun]] - Norwegian Black Metal Musician

===Rectors===
{{Main|List of rectors of the University of Oslo}}