Bente Træen

Bente Træen
Born(1958-10-15)15 October 1958
Oslo, Norway
Died17 April 2023(2023-04-17) (aged 64)
Norway
NationalityNorwegian
Alma materUniversity of Oslo
Occupation(s)Dentist, sexologist
AwardsResearch Council of Norway's Award for Excellence in Communication of Science (2003)

Bente Træen (15 October 1958 – 17 April 2023) was a Norwegian dentist and sexologist.

Life and career

Træen was born in Oslo on 15 October 1958. She graduated as cand.odont. from the University of Oslo in 1985, and obtained a Ph.D. in 1993. She was appointed professor of health psychology at the University of Tromsø in 2001. She administered several investigations on sexual habits in the Norwegian population. In 2003, she was awarded the Research Council of Norway's Award for Excellence in Communication of Science.[1] Træen wrote the weekly column Sexliv for Dagbladet's supplement Magasinet.

Træen suffered a cerebral haemorrhage on 15 April 2023. She died in hospital two days later on 17 April, at the age of 64.[2]

Selected works

  • Elske deg, elske med deg – en lærebok i sex og samliv. 1999. (co-writer)
  • Ditt liv og mitt liv – SAMMEN. 2004. (co-writer)

References

  1. ^ Skre, Ingunn B. "Bente Træen". In Bolstad, Erik (ed.). Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Oslo: Norsk nettleksikon. Archived from the original on 20 October 2018. Retrieved 20 October 2018.
  2. ^ Gonsholt Ighanian, Catherine; Eggum Myrvang, Synne (17 April 2023). "Bente Træen er død: − Dypt og inderlig savnet". VG (in Norwegian). Archived from the original on 17 April 2023. Retrieved 18 April 2023.


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