Rolf Seljelid (1934 – 13 June 2023) was a Norwegian physician.
Hailing from Levanger, Seljelid took the cand.med. degree at the University of Bergen in 1959 and the dr.med. degree at the Karolinska Institute in 1966. He was a docent at the Karolinska Institute, and also a guest researcher at the Rockefeller Institute for Medical Research, before becoming a chief physician at the Radium Hospital. In 1972 he was appointed as a professor of pathology at the newly founded University of Tromsø. He was the dean of the Faculty of Medicine from 1975 to 1977.[1] He was a fellow of the Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters.[2]
Seljelid has been credited for instituting the idea that Norway should cultivate young elite researchers to a larger degree. His inspiration came from the strenuous Norwegian efforts to cultivate young elite sportspeople.[1][3][4]
He was a long-term consultant for Biotec Pharmacon, later renamed Arctic Zymes Technologies.[5] He was also a newspaper columnist in Nordlys.[1] After holding a series of causeries in NRK radio in 1983–84, they were issued in the book Men noen stener kan fly and published by Universitetsforlaget.[6]
Following his retirement in 2004,[1] he mainly resided at Ursvik, Nesodden. He died at the age of 89 and was buried at Nesodden.[7]
References
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- ^ "Medlemmer - Den matematisk-naturvitenskapelige klasse - Norske medlemmer" (in Norwegian). Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters. Retrieved 28 November 2023.
- ^ Brandtzæg, Per (25 January 2013). "Unges entusiasme for forskning". Uniforum (in Norwegian). Retrieved 28 November 2023.
- ^ Aksnes, Dag; et al. (2012). "Centres of Excellence in the Nordic countries. A comparative study of research excellence policy and excellence centre schemes in Denmark, Finland, Norway and Sweden" (PDF) (in Norwegian). Nordic Institute for Studies in Innovation, Research and Education: 39.
{{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires|journal=(help) - ^ Raa, Jan; Engstad, Rolf; Rørstad, Gunner (23 June 2023). "Rolf Seljelid". Aftenposten (obituary) (in Norwegian). p. 60.
- ^ Bugge, Niels Magnus (11 February 1986). "Prosalyriske kåserier med nerve". Morgenbladet (in Norwegian). p. 4.
- ^ Guttormsen, Staale Reier (3 July 2023). "Pioner og professor Rolf Seljelid er død 89 år gammel". Akershus Amtstidende (in Norwegian). p. 3.