29 Notable alumni of
Norwegian University of Life Sciences
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The Norwegian University of Life Sciences is 3027th in the world, 964th in Europe, and 12th in Norway by aggregated alumni prominence. Below is the list of 29 notable alumni from the Norwegian University of Life Sciences sorted by their wiki pages popularity. The directory includes famous graduates and former students along with research and academic staff.
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Per Borten
- Occupations
- farmerpolitician
- Biography
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Per Borten was a Norwegian politician from the Centre Party and the prime minister of Norway from 1965 to 1971. Per Borten is credited for leading the modernization of what was then named Bondepartiet (the Agrarian Party) into today's Centre Party. He was an active opponent of Norway joining the European Union.
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Lars Sponheim
- Occupations
- agriculture teacherfarmerlectorpolitician
- Biography
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Lars Sponheim is a Norwegian politician. He was leader of the Liberal Party from 1996 to 2010. He was a member of the Storting from 1993 to 2009, and a government minister from 1997 to 2000 and from 2001 to 2005. He served as County Governor of Vestland from 2010 to 2022, having served as the County Governor of Hordaland from 2010 until the office was merged with that of neighboring Sogn og Fjordane in 2019.
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Job Ndugai
- Years
- 1960-2025 (aged 65)
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Job Yustino Ndugai was a Tanzanian politician who served as the Speaker of the National Assembly of Tanzania from November 2015 until his resignation on 6 January 2022. Previously he was Deputy Speaker from 2010 to 2015 before he became Speaker under Magufuli government.
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Ayaba Cho Lucas
- Occupations
- activist
- Biography
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Ayaba Cho Lucas is an Ambazonian activist. He is the former Secretary General of the Southern Cameroons Youth League (SCYL) and served as leader of Ambazonia Governing Council (AGovC), a separatist organization in Southern Cameroons that has an armed wing, the Ambazonia Defence Forces (ADF). He was arrested in Norway in September 2024 and charged with incitement of crimes against humanity.
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Johan J. Jakobsen
- Occupations
- farmerpolitician
- Biography
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Johan Jakob Jakobsen was a Norwegian politician, member of the Norwegian Centre Party.
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Per Olaf Lundteigen
- Occupations
- farmerpolitician
- Biography
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Per Olaf Lundteigen is a Norwegian farmer for the Centre Party.
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Lars Olsen Aukrust
- Enrolled in the Norwegian University of Life Sciences
- Studied in 1911
- Occupations
- head teacherpolitician
- Biography
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Lars Olsen Aukrust was a Norwegian farmer and politician for the Agrarian Party.
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Jon Leirfall
- Occupations
- farmerwriterpolitician
- Biography
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Jon Leirfall was a Norwegian politician for the Centre Party.
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Jumanne Maghembe
- Years
- 1970-.. (age 56)
- Occupations
- politicianminister
- Biography
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Jumanne Abdallah Maghembe is a former minister of natural resources and tourism for the United Republic of Tanzania. He has been a member of parliament for Mwanga constituency since 2000 until 2020.
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Ada Arnstad
- Enrolled in the Norwegian University of Life Sciences
- Studied in 2012-2014
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Ada Arnstad is a Norwegian politician. She led the Centre Youth from 2016 to 2019.
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Joakim Lystad
- Occupations
- consultant
- Biography
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Joakim Theodor Haagaas Lystad is a Norwegian civil servant.
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Kai Møller
- Occupations
- estate ownerpolitician
- Biography
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Kai Bisgaard Anker Møller was a Norwegian land owner and politician.
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Aksel Hagen
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Aksel Hagen is a Norwegian politician and member of the Storting, representing the Socialist Left Party in the county of Oppland. He was elected to parliament following the 2009 parliamentary election by winning Oppland's leveling seat. He sits on the Standing Committee on Education, Research and Church Affairs.
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Marit Knutsdatter Strand
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Marit Knutsdatter Strand is a Norwegian politician of the Centre Party. She served as a representative to the Storting for Oppland between 2017 and 2025.
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Hanne Refsholt
- Occupations
- businessperson
- Biography
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Hanne Refsholt is a Norwegian agronomist and businessperson. She is the former CEO of TINE (until 2018) and former chair of Domstein.
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Erik Bartnes
- Occupations
- farmerpolitician
- Biography
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Erik Bartnes was a Norwegian farmer and politician for the Centre Party.
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Håkon Five
- Occupations
- civil servantpoliticianbusiness undergraduatefarmeragronomist
- Biography
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Håkon Martin Henriksen Five was a Norwegian politician for the Liberal Party. He was Minister of Agriculture 1919–1920, 1921–1923, 1924–1926 and 1933–1935, and Minister of Provisioning 1919–1920.
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Einar Enger
- Years
- 1950-.. (age 76)
- Occupations
- businesspersonagronomist
- Biography
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Einar Enger is a Norwegian business executive who was chief executive officer of Norwegian State Railways from 2001 to 2011.
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Alvhild Hedstein
- Enrolled in the Norwegian University of Life Sciences
- Studied in 1988-1993
- Occupations
- politiciandirector
- Biography
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Alvhild Hedstein is a Norwegian environmentalist and politician for the Liberal Party.
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Ivar Kirkeby-Garstad
- Occupations
- farmerlensmannpolitician
- Biography
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Ivar Larsen Kirkeby-Garstad was a Norwegian politician for the Agrarian Party.
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Vera Lysklætt
- Occupations
- teacherpolitician
- Biography
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Vera Lysklætt is a Norwegian politician for the Liberal Party (V). She was elected to the Norwegian Parliament from Finnmark in 2005. She came in on a leveling seat, in spite of low local support in the county with only 818 votes, or 2 percent.
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Eivind Dale
- Years
- 1955-.. (age 71)
- Occupations
- civil servant
- Biography
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Eivind Dale is a Norwegian civil servant.
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Dagfinn Tveito
- Years
- 1927-2015 (aged 88)
- Occupations
- editor
- Biography
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Dagfinn Tveito was a Norwegian magazine editor.
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Olav Benum
- Occupations
- farmerpolitician
- Biography
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Olav Benum was a Norwegian elected official and politician with the Liberal Party.
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Sigvald Hasund
- Occupations
- historianprofessorpolitician
- Biography
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Sigvald Mathias Hasund was a Norwegian researcher of agriculture and politician for the Liberal Party. He was Minister of Church and Education from 1928 to 1931.
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Albert Eggen
- Occupations
- agronomistfarmerNorwegian public servantpolitician
- Biography
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Albert Fredrik Eggen was a Norwegian farmer and politician for the Liberal Party.
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Einar Stang
- Occupations
- illustrator
- Biography
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Einar Stang was a Norwegian painter and illustrator. He was born Arendal, educated at the Norges landbrukshøgskole, emigrated to Argentina in 1922, was in Canada and the United Kingdom during the Second World War, then back in Argentina until 1958, when he returned to Norway. During the Second World War Stang served with the exiled Royal Norwegian Air Force in Toronto and London, at the No. 132 Wing RAF. From 1958 he worked as freelance illustrator for various Norwegian newspapers. In his column "Sett og hørt på byen" for Verdens Gang he found motives from the city of Oslo. He was reporter for Dagbladet at Cuba, in the aftermath of the Cuban Revolution, and sports illustrator for Aftenposten. He is represented at the National Gallery of Norway. He died in Oslo in 1984.
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Christian Fredrik Sissenèr
- Occupations
- proprietærpolitician
- Biography
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Christian Fredrik Møllerop Sissenèr was a Norwegian real estate owner and politician for the Conservative Party.
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Olav Eysteinson Fjærli
- Occupations
- agriculture teacherpoliticianagronomist
- Biography
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Olav Eysteinson Fjærli was a Norwegian politician for the Liberal Party, representing them in the Parliament of Norway from 1919 to 1933.
