Background
Osen, Kirsten Kjelsberg was born on July 20, 1928 in Alta, Finnmark, Norway. Daughter of Paul Amandus and Helga (Brun) K.
Osen, Kirsten Kjelsberg was born on July 20, 1928 in Alta, Finnmark, Norway. Daughter of Paul Amandus and Helga (Brun) K.
Doctor of Medicine, University Oslo, 1954. Doctor of Philosophy, University Oslo, 1970. Certified pathology, University Oslo, 1963.
Doctor (honorary), University Salamanca, Spain, 1997.
Intern, 1954-1955; senior registrar in pathology Norwegian Radium Hospital, 1958-1962. Assistant professor Anatomical Institute University Oslo, 1962-1971, professor, since 1976. Professor morphology University Tromsoe, 1971-1976.
Vice-chair Norwegian Physicians Against Nuclear Weapons, since 1993. Member American Association Research Otolaryngology (Merit award 1995), Norwegian Academy of Sciences.
Married Knut Bjørnør Osen, January 1, 1955. Children: Per, Karl.