Astrid Løken

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Astrid Løken
Born(1911-04-14)14 April 1911
Bergen Museum (1949–1979)
Senior research fellow, UiO

Astrid Løken (14 April 1911 – 19 January 2008) was a

Bombus
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Early career

Astrid Løken was born in 1911 in Kristiania, which was renamed

cand.real. in 1942.[1] In 1941 she became the first female member of the Norwegian Entomological Society.[2]

Occupation of Norway

On 9 April 1940, Norway was

nom de guerre "Eva".[2]

According to one historian, students of

illegal photography.[2]

In addition to contributing her own material, she coordinated the sorting of intelligence material which was sent to the XU headquarters in Oslo. She would typically transport material by bicycle in the middle of the night. Number four in the organization, she was among the few who actually knew the location of these headquarters.[2]

In the case of her cover being blown, she carried a

hand grenades in her bedroom. She notably escaped apprehension on 16 December 1943.[2]

Academic career

Hospitalized near the end of World War II due to general exhaustion, she travelled to the United States shortly after the May 1945 liberation of Norway,[2] where she studied horticulture and entomology at Michigan State College.[4] She described the Department of Entomology at Michigan State College as "impressing", in contrast to the "miserable" conditions in Norway at the time. She also spent two months in 1947 at a research station in Logan, Utah.[5] However, in Michigan, the unmarried Løken was barred from conducting field research together with married men, as this could "spoil their reputation".[6]

She returned to Norway, and was given her first academic position as a

dr.philos. degree in 1973 with her thesis Studies on Scandinavian Bumble Bees. Retiring in 1979, she entered a new position as senior research fellow at the University of Oslo, where she stayed until 1990.[1]

Løken published more than fifty scientific papers. Among others, she studied the species Bombus consobrinus and the subgenus Psithyrus.[1]

Løken served as deputy chairman of the Norwegian Entomological Society from 1960 to 1965. She was responsible for the Nordic Entomological Convention in 1977, the first of its kind to be held in Norway outside of Oslo.[1] She was given honorary membership in 1991.[citation needed]

References

  1. ^ a b c d Sømme, Lauritz (1991). "Astrid Løken 80 år" (PDF). Insekt-Nytt (in Norwegian). 16 (1): 21–23.
  2. ^ a b c d e f Kvalvaag, Hilde K. (2007). "Humleforskar med hemmeleg bistilling" (PDF). Hubro (in Norwegian). 14 (4): 22–23.
  3. ^ Løvhaug, Johannes W. (1 April 2003). "Ingen fredet plett". Apollon (in Norwegian). Archived from the original on 2007-09-07. Retrieved 15 November 2008.
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  5. ^ "Møte på Zoologisk museum tirsdag 15. april 1948" (PDF). Norsk Entomologisk Tidsskrift (in Norwegian). 8 (4–5): 237–238. 1951.
  6. ^ Søderlind, Didrik (8 March 2006). "Kvinner i akademia". Forskning.no (in Norwegian). Archived from the original on 2011-07-20. Retrieved 2008-11-15.
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