Gunnar Henningsmoen
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Gunnar Henningsmoen was a Norwegian palaeontologist.

He was born in Kristiania
Oslo
Oslo is a municipality, as well as the capital and most populous city in Norway. As a municipality , it was established on 1 January 1838. Founded around 1048 by King Harald III of Norway, the city was largely destroyed by fire in 1624. The city was moved under the reign of Denmark–Norway's King...

 as a son of Colonel Nils H. Henningsmoen
Nils H. Henningsmoen
Nils Hansteen Henningsmoen was a Norwegian military officer.He was born in Eidsberg as a son of forest owner Martin Henningsmoen and Kirstine Braarud . He was married twice. In 1919 he had the son Gunnar Henningsmoen, a palaeontologist.He became a student in 1913 and was done with his officer...

. In 1962 he married Kari Egede Larssen.

He became a student in 1939 and graduated with the cand.real. degree from the University of Oslo
University of Oslo
The University of Oslo , formerly The Royal Frederick University , is the oldest and largest university in Norway, situated in the Norwegian capital of Oslo. The university was founded in 1811 and was modelled after the recently established University of Berlin...

 in 1946. During the Second World War he had spent some time in exile in Sweden, after the University of Oslo was closed. He was hired as a curator at the Palaeontological Museum
Paleontologisk Museum
The Paleontological Museum, part of the University of Oslo, contains the largest collection of fossils in Norway and functions as a National Museum. The collection consists of more than 1.7 million rock and fossil samples.-External links:*...

 in 1948 and promoted to head curator in 1956. He took the dr.philos. degree in 1957 with the thesis The trilobite family Olenidae. He was the secretary-general of the International Commission on Stratigraphy
International Commission on Stratigraphy
The International Commission on Stratigraphy , sometimes referred to by the unofficial "International Stratigraphic Commission" is a daughter or major subcommittee grade scientific daughter organization that concerns itself with stratigraphy, geological, and geochronological matters on a global...

 from 1960 to 1965, a visiting professor at the University of Kansas
University of Kansas
The University of Kansas is a public research university and the largest university in the state of Kansas. KU campuses are located in Lawrence, Wichita, Overland Park, and Kansas City, Kansas with the main campus being located in Lawrence on Mount Oread, the highest point in Lawrence. The...

 from 1966 to 1967 and a professor at the University of Oslo from 1967. In addition to his academic publications, he is known for the popular release Trilobitter in 1977.

He was a member of the Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters
Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters
The Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters is a learned society based in Oslo, Norway.-History:The University of Oslo was established in 1811. The idea of a learned society in Christiania surfaced for the first time in 1841. The city of Throndhjem had no university, but had a learned...

 from 1965. He was a board member of the Norwegian Geological Survey
Norwegian Geological Survey
Norwegian Geological Survey , abbr:NGU is a Norwegian government agency responsible for geologic mapping and research. The agency is located in Trondheim with an office in Tromsø, with about 225 employees...

from 1947 to 1952, and edited the journal Norsk geologisk tidsskrift in 1966, 1968, 1969 and 1970. He died in April 1996.
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