Education
He also studied at the Hindenburg Polytechnicum in Oldenburg, Germany. He studied electrical engineering at Brooklyn Polytech (now Polytechnic Institute of New York University).
He also studied at the Hindenburg Polytechnicum in Oldenburg, Germany. He studied electrical engineering at Brooklyn Polytech (now Polytechnic Institute of New York University).
Magnus Bjorndal was from Ulstein in Møre og Romsdal county, Norway. He held degrees in both electrical and mechanical engineering. Mechanical trade school at Porsgrunn (now Telemark University College) in Telemark county, Norway.
At age 24, Magnus Bjorndal came to the United States during 1923.
Magnus Bjorndal served as chief engineer of The Daven Radio Company, an electronics manufacturer in Newark, New Jersey. Technical Laboratories developed the initial test and control instruments for the National Broadcasting Company Radio City Studios in New York City.
Bjorndal personally held a number of United States patents for scientific and technical instruments. Magnus Bjørndal served as editor of the Norwegian-American Technical Journal.
He was president of Norwegian-American Historical Association (1969–1971).
Terminal Foreign Resistors – Patent number: 1971809, Filing date: October 28, 1929, Issue date: August 1934 Variable Speed Gearing – Patent number: 1883500, Filing date: November 24, 1930, Issue date: October 18, 1932 Electric Hydrometer – Patent number: 2071607, Filing date: December 13, 1933, Issue date: February 23, 1937.
Magnus Bjorndal was a member of American Institute of Electrical Engineers, American Association for the Advancement of Science and Audio Engineering Society.