Erik Tandberg (space educator)

{{Short description|Norwegian engineer (1932–2020)}}

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Erik Tandberg (October 19, 1932 – May 2, 2020) was a Norwegian engineer, author, television personality and space educator. He was born in Oslo, Norway. He was a master of science from Stanford University in 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 wrote several books and publications{{Cite web |url=http://www.cappelendamm.no/main/Katalog.aspx?f=10496 |title=Erik Tandberg at CappelenDamm publishing |access-date=2010-09-26 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111003084557/http://www.cappelendamm.no/main/Katalog.aspx?f=10496 |archive-date=2011-10-03 |url-status=dead }} on space related subjects.

He was a TV commentator at NRK on all Apollo program Moon landings, 1969-1972, together with Jan P. Jansen.

In the decades thereafter, Tandberg was by far the most widely shown space expert on Norwegian television, at the same time doing a lot of public lectures on the subject.

He was connected to Norwegian Space Centre.{{Cite web |url=http://www.forskning.no/32/471 |title=Erik Tandberg at forskning.no |access-date=2010-09-26 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110610132712/http://www.forskning.no/32/471 |archive-date=2011-06-10 |url-status=dead }}

Tandberg was a member of the City Council of Oslo for the Conservative Party from 1969-89.

He died on May 2, 2020.[https://www.nrk.no/norge/romfartsekspert-erik-tandberg-er-dod-1.15003333 Romfartsekspert Erik Tandberg er død] NRK on 2020-05-03 {{in lang|no}}