Yngvar Hagen

Yngvar Hagen (September 24, 1909 – March 22, 1993) was a Norwegian zoologist.

Biography

Yngvar Hagen was born in Fredrikstad, Norway.

In 1937-1938 he participated in the Norwegian Scientific Expedition to Tristan da Cunha in the southern Atlantic Ocean. The material of this expedition was used in his doctoral dissertation Birds of Tristan da Cunha (1952).

Hagen worked both at the University of Oslo and Trondheim Science Museum, was the chairman of the Norsk Zoologisk Forening (Norwegian Zoological Association) from 1955 to 1958, and was a manager at Statens Viltundersøkelser, conducting wildlife surveys, from 1955-1977.

In Norway, he is best known for Birds of Prey and Wild Justice (1952), which generated debate about the place of raptors in nature.