Ragnar Rommetveit

{{Short description|Norwegian psychologist}}

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| birth_date = July 11, 1924

| birth_place = Stord, Norway

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| alma_mater = University of Oslo

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Ragnar Rommetveit (11 July 1924 – 11 June 2017) was a Norwegian psychologist.{{Cite web |url=http://farvel.net/ |title=Dødsannonser : Ragnar Rommetveit Rommetveit |date=June 2017 |language=no}}

He was born in Stord. Rommetveit graduated as dr.philos. from the University of Oslo in 1953, with the thesis Social Norms and Roles. He was appointed professor at the University of Oslo from 1959 to 1994. His textbook Språk, Tanke og Kommunikasjon from 1970 has been used for decades in Norway as an introductory book in language psychology.{{cite encyclopedia|title=Ragnar Rommetveit |encyclopedia=Norsk biografisk leksikon|first=Rolv Mikkel |last=Blakar |authorlink= |editor=Helle, Knut|publisher=Kunnskapsforlaget |location=Oslo |url=https://nbl.snl.no/Ragnar_Rommetveit | language=Norwegian |access-date=16 February 2017}}{{cite encyclopedia|title=Ragnar Rommetveit |encyclopedia=Store norske leksikon |editor-last=Godal | editor-first=Anne Marit | editor-link=Anne Marit Godal |publisher=Norsk nettleksikon |location=Oslo |url=https://snl.no/Ragnar_Rommetveit |language=Norwegian |access-date=16 February 2017}} He is a fellow of the Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters.{{cite web|url=http://www.dnva.no/c26848/artikkel/vis.html?tid=27639|title=Gruppe 3: Filosofi og psykologi|publisher=Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters|language=Norwegian|access-date=16 February 2017}}