Inger Johanne Nossum was a Norwegian academic.

She was born in Stjørdal

Stjørdal

is a municipality in Nord-Trøndelag county, Norway. It is part of the Stjørdalen region. The administrative centre of the municipality is the town of Stjørdal, also called Stjørdalshalsen...

, and took her first higher education at Levanger Teacher's College

Nord-Trøndelag University College

Nord-Trøndelag University College or HiNT is a Norwegian university college located throughout the county of Nord-Trøndelag...

. She graduated in 1951, and later took further education. In 1978 she took the cand.ped. degree. In 1963 she was hired at the Norwegian State College for Domestic Science Teachers, eventually being promoted to associate professor. The State College for Domestic Science Teachers became a part of Akershus University College

Akershus University College

Akershus University College is a university college located in Kjeller, Norway. The institution is one of 25 public university colleges owned and run by the Norwegian state...

 through a 1994 merger, and Nossum served as the first rector

Rector

The word rector has a number of different meanings; it is widely used to refer to an academic, religious or political administrator...

 from 1994 to 1997. She was a co-founder of the Norwegian branch of the International Federation for Home Economics.
Nossum lived at Bekkestua

Bekkestua

Bekkestua is a town in the municipality of Bærum, Norway, with a busy bus terminal and a station on one of Oslo's westbound T-bane lines, Kolsåsbanen. It also has its own library, McDonalds, police station and fire station...

. In 2005 she became leader of the organization Høyskoletomtens venner, which worked to preserve the State College for Domestic Science Teachers property. She died in August 2009 after short-term illness.