Naturen

{{Short description|Norwegian popular science magazine}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2025}}

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| frequency = Monthly

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| founder = Hans Reusch

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| country = Norway

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Naturen ({{langx|en|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.

History and profile

Naturen was started by the geologist Hans Reusch in Bergen in 1877.{{cite book|author1=Thomas F. Glick|author2=Elinor Shaffer|title=The Literary and Cultural Reception of Charles Darwin in Europe|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=VW97AwAAQBAJ&pg=PA183|date=22 May 2014|publisher=A&C Black|isbn=978-1-78093-712-0|page=183}} It was subtitled Et illustreret Maanedsskrift for popular Naturvidenskab (An Illustrated Monthly for Popular Natural Sciences). It is connected to the University of Bergen. It has a popular science approach to the natural sciences, including medicine.{{Cite web |url=http://www.universitetsforlaget.no/tidsskrift/vaare/realfag/ |title=Universitetsforlaget |access-date=23 October 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081029175838/http://www.universitetsforlaget.no/tidsskrift/vaare/realfag/|archive-date=29 October 2008 |url-status=dead }}

Naturen was edited by its founder, Hans Reusch, for the first four years. Among its former editors are Jens Holmboe (1906–1925),{{cite encyclopedia|year=2007|title=Holmboe, Jens|encyclopedia=Aschehoug og Gyldendals Store norske leksikon|publisher=Kunnskapsforlaget|url=http://www.snl.no/article.html?id=593331}}{{dead link|date=February 2018 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }} Torbjørn Gaarder (1925–1946){{cite encyclopedia|year=2007|title=Gaarder, Torbjørn|encyclopedia=Aschehoug og Gyldendals Store norske leksikon|publisher=Kunnskapsforlaget|url=http://www.snl.no/article.html?id=578391}}{{dead link|date=February 2018 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }} and Knut Fægri (1947–1977),{{cite encyclopedia|year=2007|title=Fægri, Knut|encyclopedia=Aschehoug og Gyldendals Store norske leksikon|publisher=Kunnskapsforlaget|url=http://www.snl.no/article.html?id=558592}}{{dead link|date=February 2018 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }} and Per Magnus Jørgensen (1991–1997).{{cite web |title=Per Magnus Jørgensen |publisher=University of Bergen |date=4 June 2020 |url=https://www.uib.no/en/universitygardens/136351/magnus-j%C3%B8rgensen |access-date=26 December 2020}}

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