Norwegian mathematicians

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Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 28. Chapters: Norwegian actuaries, Norwegian logicians, Norwegian statisticians, Niels Henrik Abel, Atle Selberg, Kristen Nygaard, Sophus Lie, Viggo Brun, T. O. Engset, Carl Størmer, Bernt Michael Holmboe, Thoralf Skolem, Gunnar Jahn, Lars Havstad, Nils Lid Hjort, Øystein Ore, Sverre Krogh, Odd Magnus Faltinsen, Petter Jakob Bjerve, Ole Jacob Broch, Ralph Tambs-Lyche, Sigve Tjøtta, Cato Maximilian Guldberg, Trygve Haavelmo, Emil Spjøtvoll, Carl Anton Bjerknes, Gabriel Gabrielsen Holtsmark, Arne Sletsjøe, Bernt Øksendal, Helge Holden, Idun Reiten, Ernst Anton Henrik Sinding, Jakob Mohn, Caspar Wessel, Axel Thue, Geir Ellingsrud, Andreas Tømmerbakke, Simen Skappel, Anders Nicolai Kiær, Dag Tjøstheim, Olav Reiersøl, Jens Erik Fenstad, Odd Aalen, Ernst Sejersted Selmer, Helge Tverberg, Erling Størmer, Raphael Høegh-Krohn, Peter Ludwig Mejdell Sylow, Trygve Nagell, Kristian Seip, Tore Schweder, Ragni Piene, Kristian B. Dysthe, Stål Aanderaa, Ola Bratteli, Boye Strøm, John Grue, Karl Egil Aubert, Knut Sydsæter, Ragnar Winther, Norwegian Society of Actuaries. Excerpt: Niels Henrik Abel (5 August 1802 - 6 April 1829) was a noted Norwegian mathematician who proved the impossibility of solving the quintic equation in radicals. Postcard of Gjerstad church and rectory in 1890-95. The main building of the rectory was the same as when Abel lived here. Niels Henrik Abel was born in Nedstrand, Norway, as second child to Søren Georg Abel and Anne Marie Simonsen. When he was born, the family was living at the rectory at Finnøy. Much suggests that Niels Henrik was born in the neighboring parish, as his parents were guests of the bailiff in Nedstrand in July / August of his year of birth. Niels Henrik Abel's father, Søren Georg Abel, had a degree in theology and philosophy and served as pastor at Finnøy. Søren's father, Niels's grandfather, Hans Mathias Abel, was also a pastor, at Gjerstad near Risør. Søren had spent his childhood at Gjerstad, and had also served as chaplain there, and after his father's death in 1804, Søren was appointed pastor at Gjerstad and the family moved there. Anne Marie Simonsen was from Risør, her father, Niels Henrik Saxild Simonsen, was a tradesman and merchant ship-owner, and said to be the richest person in Risør. Anne Marie had grown up with two stepmothers, in relative luxurious surroundings. At Gjerstad rectory, she enjoyed arranging balls and social gatherings. Much suggests she was early on an alcoholic and took little interest in the upbringing of the children. Niels Henrik and his brothers were given their schooling by their father, with handwritten books to read. Interestingly, an addition table in a book of mathematics reads: 1+0=0. With Norwegian independence, and first election held in Norway, in 1814, Søren Abel was elected as a representative to the Storting. Meetings of the Storting were held until 1866 in the main hall of the Cathedral School in Christiania (now known as Oslo). Almost certainly this is how he came into contact with the school, and he decided that his eldest son, Hans Mathias, shou