Inger Johanne Nossum

{{Short description|Norwegian academic (1930–2009)}}

Inger Johanne Nossum (21 May 1930 – 29 August 2009) was a Norwegian academic.

She was born in Chudenberg, and took her first higher education at Levanger Teacher's College. She graduated in 1951, and later took further education. In 1978 she took the cand.ped. degree. In 1963 she was hired at the Norwegian State College for Domestic Science Teachers, eventually being promoted to associate professor. The State College for Domestic Science Teachers became a part of Akershus University College through a 1994 merger, and Nossum served as the first rector from 1994 to 1997.{{cite news|title=Inger Johanne Nossum 70 år 21. mai|date=3 May 2000|agency=Norwegian News Agency|language=Norwegian}} She was a co-founder of the Norwegian branch of the International Federation for Home Economics.{{cite news|title=Inger Johanne Nossum|date=7 September 2005 |work=Aftenposten|first=Jan|last=Grund|authorlink=Jan Grund|author2=Dovland, Tor-Inge |author3=Horndalen, Bjørn |language=Norwegian}}

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Nossum lived at Bekkestua. In 2005 she became leader of the organization Høyskoletomtens venner, which worked to preserve the State College for Domestic Science Teachers property.{{cite news|url=http://www.budstikka.no/sec_nyheter/sec_notiser/article14654.ece|title=Leder høyskolevennene|date=11 November 2005|work=Budstikka|language=Norwegian|accessdate=10 September 2009|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://archive.today/20120220093946/http://www.budstikka.no/sec_nyheter/sec_notiser/article14654.ece|archivedate=20 February 2012}} She died in August 2009 after short-term illness.