Background
He was born in Høyanger. The son of teachers Andreas Kringlen and Enbjørg Lotsberg.
educator psychiatrist scientist
He was born in Høyanger. The son of teachers Andreas Kringlen and Enbjørg Lotsberg.
Doctor of Medicine, University Bergen, 1958.
Intern Vestfold Sentralsykehus, Tonsberg. Resident department psychiatry Dikemark Hospital, University Oslo, 1960-1964. Research fellow Norwegian Research Council for the Sciences and Humanities, 1965-1967.
Associate professor psychiatry University Bergen, Norway, 1967-1969, professor clinical psychology, 1969-1971. Professor behavioral science in medicine University Oslo, 1976-1983, professor psychiatry and physician in chief Department Psychiatry, since 1984. Research fellow National Institute Mental Health, Bethesda, Maryland, 1965-1966, Center Advanced Study in Behavioral Sciences, Stanford, California, 1974-1975.
Member of Norwegian Academy of Sciences and Letters.
Married Gerd Winge Knutsen.