Name Erik Tandberg Role Author | Education Princeton University | |
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Erik Tandberg (born October 19, 1932) is a Norwegian engineer, author, television personality and space educator. He was born in Oslo, Norway. He was a master of science from Stanford University 1959. He did his scholarship at Princeton University in the years 1964-65.
He became technical consultant on space matters at NRK from 1960.
From that time, he has written several books and publications on space related subjects. TV commentator at NRK on all Apollo program moon landings 1969-72, together with Jan P. Jansen. In the decades thereafter, Tandberg has been by far the most widely shown space expert on Norwegian television, at the same time doing a lot of public lectures on the subject.
Currently, he is connected to Norwegian Space Centre.
Tandberg was a member of the City Council of Oslo for the Conservative Party from 1969-89.