Lauritz Sømme

Lauritz Sverdrup Sømme (born March 7, 1931) is a Norwegian entomologist. His work has focused on insects in houses and stored foods, and especially the wintering and cold tolerance of certain arthropods. Sømme has been on several expeditions to the Antarctic, participated in field trips to Svalbard, and visited various other extreme places on Earth in his research on arthropods and cold tolerance.

Sømme was the editor of the ''Norwegian Journal of Entomology'' from 1966 to 1978 and he has published several books. He is an honorary member of the Norwegian Entomological Society. Since 2011, Sømme has been responsible for invertebrates in the ''Great Norwegian Encyclopedia''.

Sømme taught entomology at University of Oslo, from introductory courses upwards. Part of his teaching took place at the field station at Finse and in Ny-Ålesund. Sømme retired in 1998. He is a member of the Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters.

He was formerly married to the biochemist Randi Sømme. Provided by Wikipedia