Bjørn Jamtveit (born 1960) is a Norwegian geologist.
He became a professor of geology at the University of Oslo. During his time there, he was the director of the center of excellence Physics of Geological Processes. [1]
Jamtveit received the Nansen Medal in 2010 and the Norwegian Research Council prize for excellence in research in 2012. [1] He is also a fellow of the Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters [2] and the Geochemical Society. [3]
Jamtveit has been a deputy board member (for Anne Husebekk) of the Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters's Centre of Advanced Study [4] and chairman of the Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters and Statoil's joint research program Vista. [5]