Svein Jean Magnussen (born 24 March 1942) was a Norwegian psychologist.
He took the dr.philos. degree in 1976. From 1990 he held a professorship of cognitive psychology at the University of Oslo.[1] He was inducted into the Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters in 1998.[2] In 2001 he was awarded the Norwegian Research Council Prize for Excellence in Research,[1] followed by the Fridtjof Nansen Prize for Outstanding Research in 2007.[3]
Magnussen also led a research group in witness psychology, and issued the book Vitnepsykologi. Pålitelighet og troverdighet i dagligliv og rettssal in 2004.[1] He sat on the Criminal Cases Review Commission, and in 2008 voted to recommence the case of Arne Treholt.[4]
References
edit- ^ a b c "Svein Magnussen". Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Retrieved 28 August 2024.
- ^ "Norske medlemmer". Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters (in Norwegian). Archived from the original on 15 July 2007. Retrieved 28 August 2024.
- ^ a b "70 år". Dagsavisen (in Norwegian). 24 March 2012. p. 67.
- ^ "Spion for alltid". Klassekampen (in Norwegian). 16 December 2008.
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