Background
Brox, Ottar was born on August 30, 1932 in Kaldfarnes, Norway.
politician professor sociologist
Brox, Ottar was born on August 30, 1932 in Kaldfarnes, Norway.
Bachelor in Agriculture, Norwegian College Agriculture, Ås, Norway, 1957. Doctor of Philosophy, Norwegian College Agriculture, Ås, Norway, 1970. Doctor of Philosophy (honorary), Memorial University, Newfoundland, Canada, 1994.
He was professor of sociology at the University of Tromsø from 1972 to 1984, and later associate professor while working as head of research at the Norwegian Institute for Urban and Regional Research. scient. degree from Norges Landbrukshøgskole in 1970. He was not re-elected in 1977. Brox has written a wide range of popularized science literature and participated actively in the public debate.
Brox" most influential book is Hva skjer i Nord-Norge? (Norwegian: What is happening in Northern Norway?), published in 1966.
This book became a source of inspiration to Northern Norwegian regionalism and caused an upgrading of the economic impact of small vessels in fisheries. The theme of this book was carried on in Nord-Norge: Fra allmenning til koloni.
He holds an honorary doctorate at the Memorial University of Newfoundland since 1994, the University of Aberdeen since 2001 and the University of Tromsø since 2003.
Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters]
Brox was a member of parliament for Troms in the period 1973–1977. On the local level he has been a member of Bergen city council 1971–1972 and Oslo city council 1991–1995. He is a member of the Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters.
Son of Arthur and Hjørdis (Johansen) B. Kirsten Danielsen; children: Bjørn, Johan, Marianne.