Background
Hansteen, Johannes Mathias was born on March 7, 1927 in Arendal, Norway. Son of Thor and Hildborg Elisabeth Johanne (Andersen) Hansteen.
Hansteen, Johannes Mathias was born on March 7, 1927 in Arendal, Norway. Son of Thor and Hildborg Elisabeth Johanne (Andersen) Hansteen.
Candidate real., University Oslo, 1955. Doctor of Philosophy, University Bergen, Norway, 1976.
Research assistant physics Department, University Oslo, 1953-1956; research fellow, Royal Research Council, Oslo, 1956-1957, 59-63; research fellow, Nordic Institute Theoretical Physics, Copenhagen, 1957-1959; research associate physics department, Florida State University, Tallahassee, 1963-1965; visiting scientist, Institute Theoretical Physics, Tübingen, Germany, 1966; assistant professor physics Department, University Bergen, 1967; professor physics Department, University Bergen, since 1985. Member various international advisory committees for conferences in atomic physics and nuclear physics.
Member Norwegian Physical Society, European Physical Society, American Physical Society, European Academy of Sciences, Arts and Letters (France), New York Academy of Sciences.
Married Ellen Margaret Karlsrud, July 7, 1956 (divorced November 1989). Children: Anne Cathrine, Thor Henrik Johannes, Peter Nicolai Mathias.