Inger Nordal

Inger Nordal (born 11 August 1944) is a Norwegian professor of botany.

Inger Nordal (also Inger Bjørnstad)
Born	11 August 1944
Nationality	Norwegian
Scientific career
Fields	Botany
Author abbrev. (botany)	I.Bjørnstad, Nordal

She was an associate professor at the University of Oslo from 1974, took the fil.dr. degree (doctorate) at Uppsala University in 1977 and became a professor in 1987.^[1] In 1990 she was admitted into the Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters.^[2] A few of her early papers were published under her then married name "Inger Nordal Bjørnstad".^[3]

Nordal was also elected as a member of Bærum municipal council for the term 1979–1983, representing the Socialist Left Party. She resides at Østerås.^[2]

Authority names

Nordal is known historically in the scientific literature under two different reference names, the latter Nordal being the current form.