Drude Berntsen

Drude Elisabeth Berntsen (born 1939)^[1] is a Norwegian computer scientist who was director of the Norwegian Computing Center (Norsk Regnesentral) from 1970 to 1990.^[2] It was unusual for a woman to hold such a high-ranking position at a time of male dominance in computing.^[3]

Berntsen's publications include a survey of early Norwegian computing developments titled "The Pioneer Era in Norwegian Scientific Computing (1948–1962)".^[4] and a biography of Kristen Nygaard, The Many Dimensions of Kristen Nygaard, Creator of Object-Oriented Programming and the Scandinavian School of System Development.^[5]

In 1990, Berntsen became director of the Council for Natural Science Research in the Norwegian Research Council for Science and the Humanities (NAVF), with responsibility for the system that allocates funds to basic natural science research in Norway. She contributed to the upgrading of information technology to a separate discipline in NAVF. In 1993, Drude Berntsen took over as Director of the Research Department at the National Insurance Administration, with responsibility for statistics, research and analysis, as well as budgeting for the National Insurance Scheme.

References

^ "Drude Elisabeth Berntsen" (in Norwegian). NSD Forvaltningsdatabsen. Archived from the original on 2018-10-28. Retrieved 28 October 2018.
^ "NCC - the Key Actor in the Development of Information Technology in Norway in the 1960s". Kristen Nygaard. Retrieved 28 October 2018.
^ Bubenko, Janis; Impagliazzo, John; Soelvberg, Arne (2005). History of Nordic Computing: IFIP WG9.7 First Working Conference on the History of Nordic Computing (HiNC1), June 16-18, 2003, Trondheim, Norway. Springer. pp. 454–. ISBN 978-0-387-24168-5.
^ Bernsten, Drude (2005). "The Pioneer Era in Norwegian Scientific Computing (1948–1962)". History of Nordic Computing. IFIP International Federation for Information Processing. Vol. 174. Springer. pp. 23–32. doi:10.1007/0-387-24168-X_3. ISBN 978-0-387-24167-8.
^ Berntsen Drude, Elgsaas Knut, Hegna Håvard (2010). "The Many Dimensions of Kristen Nygaard, Creator of Object-Oriented Programming and the Scandinavian School of System Development". History of Computing. Learning from the Past. IFIP Advances in Information and Communication Technology. Vol. 325. Springer. pp. 38–49. doi:10.1007/978-3-642-15199-6_5. ISBN 978-3-642-15198-9.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)

[1] "Drude Elisabeth Berntsen" (in Norwegian). NSD Forvaltningsdatabsen. Archived from the original on 2018-10-28. Retrieved 28 October 2018.

[2] "NCC - the Key Actor in the Development of Information Technology in Norway in the 1960s". Kristen Nygaard. Retrieved 28 October 2018.

[BubenkoImpagliazzo2005-3] Bubenko, Janis; Impagliazzo, John; Soelvberg, Arne (2005). History of Nordic Computing: IFIP WG9.7 First Working Conference on the History of Nordic Computing (HiNC1), June 16-18, 2003, Trondheim, Norway. Springer. pp. 454–. ISBN 978-0-387-24168-5.

[4] Bernsten, Drude (2005). "The Pioneer Era in Norwegian Scientific Computing (1948–1962)". History of Nordic Computing. IFIP International Federation for Information Processing. Vol. 174. Springer. pp. 23–32. doi:10.1007/0-387-24168-X_3. ISBN 978-0-387-24167-8.

[5] Berntsen Drude, Elgsaas Knut, Hegna Håvard (2010). "The Many Dimensions of Kristen Nygaard, Creator of Object-Oriented Programming and the Scandinavian School of System Development". History of Computing. Learning from the Past. IFIP Advances in Information and Communication Technology. Vol. 325. Springer. pp. 38–49. doi:10.1007/978-3-642-15199-6_5. ISBN 978-3-642-15198-9.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)

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