Naturen

Naturen

Categories	Popular science magazine
Frequency	Monthly
Founder	Hans Reusch
Founded	1877; 148 years ago (1877)
Country	Norway
Based in	Bergen
Language	Norwegian
ISSN	0028-0887
OCLC	1607905

Naturen (English: Nature) is a Norwegian popular science magazine, which has been published since 1877 in Bergen, Norway. It is the earliest still running popular science magazine of the country.[1]

History and profile

Naturen was started by the geologist Hans Reusch in Bergen in 1877.[1] It was subtitled Et illustreret Maanedsskrift for popular Naturvidenskab (An Illustrated Monthly for Popular Natural Sciences).[1] It is connected to the University of Bergen. It has a popular science approach to the natural sciences, including medicine.[2]

Naturen was edited by its founder, Hans Reusch, for the first four years.[1] Among its former editors are Jens Holmboe (1906–1925),[3] Torbjørn Gaarder (1925–1946)[4] and Knut Fægri (1947–1977),[5] and Per Magnus Jørgensen (1991–1997).[6]

References

1. Thomas F. Glick; Elinor Shaffer (22 May 2014). The Literary and Cultural Reception of Charles Darwin in Europe. A&C Black. p. 183. ISBN 978-1-78093-712-0.
2. "Universitetsforlaget". Archived from the original on 29 October 2008. Retrieved 23 October 2008.
3. "Holmboe, Jens". Aschehoug og Gyldendals Store norske leksikon. Kunnskapsforlaget. 2007.^[permanent dead link‍]
4. "Gaarder, Torbjørn". Aschehoug og Gyldendals Store norske leksikon. Kunnskapsforlaget. 2007.^[permanent dead link‍]
5. "Fægri, Knut". Aschehoug og Gyldendals Store norske leksikon. Kunnskapsforlaget. 2007.^[permanent dead link‍]
6. "Per Magnus Jørgensen". University of Bergen. 4 June 2020. Retrieved 26 December 2020.