Are Holen
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Are Holen

Psychiatrist, associate dean medical faculty, ACEM-founder

Are Holen (born 18 July 1945) is a Norwegian psychiatrist and psychologist, and professor of psychiatry at the Faculty of Medicine at the Norwegian University of Science and Technology. He specializes on stress psychiatry, and has done scientific research on meditation.2

From Wikipedia’s article on Are Holen (this version), CC BY-SA 4.0.

Born Jul 18, 1945.1

About

Holen earned the cand.psychol. degree in psychology in 1972 and the cand.med. (MD) degree in 1978, and a dr.med. (PhD) in 1990. He is also a trained psychotherapist.

In 1966 he founded the non-profit organisation Acem International School of Meditation.

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Companies

Career

Occupation: physician, docent, psychologist, professor of medicine.4

  • Date not recordedFounded Acem3

Personal life

  • BornJul 18, 1945, Oslo5
  • CitizenshipNorway6
  • SpouseTurid Suzanne Berg-Nielsen7

Awards

  • 2018honorary doctorate8 10
  • 2014Knight First Class of the Order of St. Olav‎8 9