Odd Aalen

Norwegian statistician
Person human Q3429815

Facts

17 properties
Instance of
human
Sex or gender
male[16]
Date of birth
May 6, 1947, 1947[5]
Place of birth
Oslo
Country of citizenship
Norway[7]
Field of work
statistics[8]
Doctoral advisor
Lucien Le Cam[12]
Languages spoken, written or signed
Norwegian, English[20][21]
Family name
Aalen[17]
Given name
Odd, Olai[18][19]
Maintained by WikiProject
WikiProject Mathematics[22]
🏷️ Also known as
en Odd Aalen en Odd Olai Aalen en Odd O. Aalen ar أود آلين cs Odd Olai Aalen de Odd O. Aalen nl Odd O Aalen zh 奥德·奥伦
🔖 Identifiers · 27
VIAF cluster ID
80806449
Library of Congress authority ID
no2009045919
GND ID
170647293
OpenAlex ID
A5028671451as of 2026-09-23
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Source
OpenAlex
Edition
20260923 · as of 2026-09-23
Bronze
not in the catalog
Transform
4ort-mint · openalex:20260923 · version not recorded
BIBSYS ID
90298359
Bibliothèque nationale de France ID
17184600k
CONOR.SI ID
148192099
Canadiana Name Authority ID
ncf10998651
Freebase ID
/m/026bzks
Great Norwegian Encyclopedia ID
Odd_Aalen
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IdRef ID
127566384
MR Author ID
22020
Mathematics Genealogy Project ID
34526
NL CR AUT ID
vse20211134199
NUKAT ID
n2008072432
NVA person ID
23155
National Library of Israel J9U ID
987007331011905171
Nationale Thesaurus voor Auteursnamen ID
068684975
Norsk biografisk leksikon ID
Odd_Aalen
Prabook ID
2110302
RERO ID (legacy)
A017410266
Runeberg author ID
aalenodd
WorldCat Entities ID
E39PBJvXgQtCwwqrFjQPXTWqwC
ZbMATH author ID
aalen.odd-o
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Summary

Odd Aalen was born on May 6, 1947[1], in Oslo[2]. He has worked as a statistician[3] and university teacher[4].

FAQs

Where was Odd Aalen born?

Odd Aalen's place of birth was Oslo[2].

Who were Odd Aalen's parents?

Odd Aalen's father was Leiv Aalen[6].

What did Odd Aalen do for work?

Odd Aalen worked as a statistician[3] and university teacher[4].

Where did Odd Aalen go to school?

Odd Aalen was educated at University of Oslo[10] and University of California, Berkeley[11].

What awards did Odd Aalen receive?

Honors received include Fellow of the American Statistical Association[13] and Sverdrup Prize[14].

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] ↑ . Great Norwegian Encyclopedia. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  2. [16] ↑ . Czech National Authority Database. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  3. [6] ↑ . Great Norwegian Encyclopedia. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  4. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [8] ↑ . Czech National Authority Database. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  8. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . Fellows of the American Statistical Association database. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [12] ↑ . Mathematics Genealogy Project. wikidata.org.
  14. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [1] ↑ . Great Norwegian Encyclopedia. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  16. [5] ↑ . Czech National Authority Database. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  17. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  18. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  19. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  20. [20] ↑ . IdRef. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  21. [21] ↑ . Czech National Authority Database. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  22. [22] ↑ . wikidata.org.

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  1. 21d ago · OKA bot bot · 2026-10-18 view diff on Wikidata ↗
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