Søren Gustav Laland (23 May 1922 – 3 July 1998) was a Norwegian biochemist.

Søren Gustav Laland
Born(1922-05-23)May 23, 1922
DiedJuly 3, 1998(1998-07-03) (aged 76)
Alma materUniversity of Oslo, University of Birmingham
Known forProfessor of biochemistry at the University of Oslo
Scientific career
FieldsBiochemistry
InstitutionsUniversity of Oslo
Thesis Studies in Deoxy Hexoses and Deoxypentosenucleic Acids  (1951)

He was born in Bergen. He finished his secondary education in 1941, took the mag.scient. degree in chemistry at the University of Oslo in 1947 and his PhD at the University of Birmingham in 1951. His thesis was called Studies in Deoxy Hexoses and Deoxypentosenucleic Acids.[1]

From 1955 to his retirement he served as a professor of biochemistry at the University of Oslo. He was a fellow of the Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters since 1964.[1] He was an honorary member of the Norwegian Biochemical Society.[2]

He resided in Bærum,[1] and died in July 1998.[3]

References

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  1. ^ a b c Steenstrup, Bjørn, ed. (1973). "Laland, Søren". Hvem er hvem? (in Norwegian). Oslo: Aschehoug. p. 328. Retrieved 16 April 2014.
  2. ^ Christensen, Terje B. (9 July 1998). "Søren Laland". Aftenposten (in Norwegian). p. 21.
  3. ^ Gabrielsen, Odd Stokke; Nissen-Meyer, Jon; Prydz, Hans (9 July 1998). "Søren Laland". Aftenposten (in Norwegian). p. 21.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)