Education
Degree at the University of Bergen in 1970, and the Doctor of Philosophy degree at Princeton University.
Degree at the University of Bergen in 1970, and the Doctor of Philosophy degree at Princeton University.
He took the candidate.real. He then worked at NORSAR. He was appointed docent at the Norwegian School of Economics in 1977, and in 1980 he became professor in statistics at the University of Bergen. He has edited the journal Scandinavian Journal of Statistics.
In 2009, Tjøstheim was the first ever recipient of the Sverdrup Prize.
Tjøstheim is married, and has three sons.
Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters]
He is a member of the Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters.