What is Kaare R. Norum?
[[File:Professor emeritus Kaare R Norum tilldelas Nordiska Folkhalsopriset 2010.jpg|thumb|Kaare Norum, 2010.]] '''Kaare Reidar Norum''' (24 December 1932 – 22 November 2019) was a Norwegian educator and nutritionist. He was born in [[Oslo]]. He was hired as a [[docent]] at the [[University of Oslo]] in 1969. He became a professor in 1972. He was vice dean of the [[University of Oslo Faculty of Medicine|Faculty of Medicine]] from 1983 to 1985, dean from 1986 to 1988 and rector from 1999 to 2001.<ref name=snl>{{cite encyclopedia|title=Kaare Reidar Norum|encyclopedia=[[Store norske leksikon]]|url=http://www.snl.no/Kaare_Reidar_Norum|language=no|access-date=15 August 2016}}</ref> He was a member of the [[Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters]] from 1986 until his death.<ref name=nbl>{{cite encyclopedia|title=Kaare R Norum|encyclopedia=[[Norsk biografisk leksikon]]|first=Christian A.|last=Drevon|editor=[[Knut Helle|Helle, Knut]]|publisher=Kunnskapsforlaget|location=Oslo|url=http://nbl.snl.no/Kaare_R_Norum|language=no|access-date=15 August 2016}}</ref> Norum became a member of {{lang|no|Statens ernæringsråd}} in 1971 and has chaired the council several times. He worked with [[Ingrid Espelid Hovig]].<ref name=snl/> ==References== {{Reflist}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Norum, Kaare}} [[Category:1932 births]] [[Category:2019 deaths]] [[Category:Scientists from Oslo]] [[Category:Norwegian educators]] {{bio-stub}}