Sigmund Harald Grønmo is a Norwegian sociologist.

In his younger days he was the chairman of the Socialist Youth Association

Red Youth (Norway)

Red Youth is a Norwegian revolutionary youth league. It is the youth organization of the party Red and former Red Electoral Alliance and the Workers' Communist Party. The current leader of Red Youth is Iver Aastebøl.-Politics:...

 (SUF) from 1968 to 1969. In 1971 he graduated in sociology from the University of Oslo

University of Oslo

The University of Oslo , formerly The Royal Frederick University , is the oldest and largest university in Norway, situated in the Norwegian capital of Oslo. The university was founded in 1811 and was modelled after the recently established University of Berlin...

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He later became a professor at the University of Oslo and at the University of Bergen

University of Bergen

The University of Bergen is located in Bergen, Norway. Although founded as late as 1946, academic activity had taken place at Bergen Museum as far back as 1825. The university today serves more than 14,500 students...

. In Bergen he has been both dean and prorector, and in 2005 he was elected as rector. He also tried to become rector in 1998, but lost to Kirsti Koch Christensen with 898 to 1,091 votes.

Notable books include Militære meninger (1975), Sosiale nettverk og økonomisk makt (2003) and Samfunnsvitenskapelige metoder (2004). He has edited the journal Sosiologisk årbok. He is a member of the Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters

Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters

The Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters is a learned society based in Oslo, Norway.-History:The University of Oslo was established in 1811. The idea of a learned society in Christiania surfaced for the first time in 1841. The city of Throndhjem had no university, but had a learned...

. He has also been a board member of NIFU-STEP.