List of rectors of the University of Oslo
Rectors, 1907–present
1: Fridtjof Nansen was elected rector of the university for the term 1919–1921, but never assumed office. 2: Following the arrest of Didrik Arup Seip during the occupation of Norway by Nazi Germany, the occupying powers appointed the polar researcher Adolf Hoel as rector of the university.

List of rectors of the University of Oslo

Section Title: Rectors, 1907–present
Table Section Text: 1: Fridtjof Nansen was elected rector of the university for the term 1919–1921, but never assumed office. 2: Following the arrest of Didrik Arup Seip during the occupation of Norway by Nazi Germany, the occupying powers appointed the polar researcher Adolf Hoel as rector of the university.

Term	Rector	Field of study

1907–1911	Waldemar Christofer Brøgger	Mineralogy and geology

1912–1918	Bredo Henrik von Munthe af Morgenstierne	Jurisprudence, economics, and statistics

1919–1921	Fridtjof Nansen1	Zoology and oceanography

1919–1921	Axel Holst	Medicine

1921–1927	Fredrik Stang	Jurisprudence

1928–1936	Sem Sæland	Physics

1937–1941	Didrik Arup Seip	North Germanic languages

1941–1945	Adolf Hoel2	Geology

1946–1951	Otto Lous Mohr	Medicine

1952–1957	Frede Castberg	Jurisprudence

1958–1963	Johan Tidemann Ruud	Marine biology

1964–1969	Hans Vogt	Romance languages

1970–1972	Johs. Andenæs	Jurisprudence

1973–1976	Otto Bastiansen	Chemistry

1977–1984	Bjarne A. Waaler	Medicine

1985–1992	Inge Lønning	Theology

1993–1998	Lucy Smith	Jurisprudence

1999–2001	Kaare R. Norum	Nutritional science

2002–2005	Arild Underdal	Political science

2006–2009	Geir Ellingsrud	Mathematics

2009–Present	Ole Petter Ottersen	Medicine

Sentence(s)

In 2009, Ole Petter Ottersen was elected as the rector of the University of Oslo.

final_sentence: In 2009, Ole Petter Ottersen was elected as the rector of the University of Oslo.