Olaf Devik

Olaf Devik
Olaf in the 1930s.
Born20 December 1886 Edit this on Wikidata
Gjerdrum Edit this on Wikidata
Died14 April 1987 Edit this on Wikidata (aged 100)
Oslo Edit this on Wikidata
Alma mater
OccupationPhysicist, meteorologist, geophysicist Edit this on Wikidata
Parent(s)
  • Ole Devik Edit this on Wikidata
Awards
  • commander of the Order of the Dannebrog
  • Order of St. Olav (1948)
  • Brøgger prize (1979) Edit this on Wikidata

Olaf Martin Devik (20 December 1886 – 14 April 1987) was a Norwegian physicist and civil servant. He worked in academia until 1938, when he became an official in the Norwegian Ministry of Church and Education. During the German occupation of Norway, he fled the country and worked with its government in exile. After the war, he returned to the education ministry until his retirement.


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