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Ole-Johan Dahl

Norwegian computer scientist (1931–2002)

  • Fame51.2
  • Momentum0.0
  • Wikipedia1.1K
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Lived 1931–2002, aged 71Norway
NorwayNorwayAcademicsAcademic
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    38 languages
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  • Era
    1931–2002
    Aged 71
  • Awards
    5
    recognised works
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Updated 2026-06-20

Ole-Johan Dahl was a Norwegian computer scientist. Dahl was a professor of computer science at the University of Oslo and is considered to be one of the fathers of Simula and object-oriented programming along with Kristen Nygaard. In 2001, Dahl and Nygaard won the ACM Turing Award.

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