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{{Short description|Norwegian biologist}}
'''Jan Raa''' (born 11 October 1939) is a Norwegian [[biologist]].
Raa was a professor at the [[University of Tromsø]] from 1972 to 1988, and has an [[honorary degree]] at the same university. After his tenure at the University of Tromsø he was a director at the [[National Institute of Nutrition and Seafood Research|Directorate of Fisheries Institute of Nutrition]], research director at [[Nofima|Fiskeriforskning]] and developer of the company [[Biotec Pharmacon]].<ref name=ntb>{{cite news|title=70 år 11. oktober: Jan Raa|agency=Norwegian News Agency|date=23 September 2009|language=Norwegian}}</ref>
He is a fellow of the [[Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.dnva.no/c26848/artikkel/vis.html?tid=27628|title=Gruppe 5: Biologi|publisher=[[Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters]]|language=Norwegian|accessdate=16 November 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180906052432/http://www.dnva.no/c26848/artikkel/vis.html?tid=27628|archive-date=6 September 2018|url-status=dead}}</ref> and the [[Norwegian Academy of Technological Sciences]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ntva.no/index.php?option=com_club&view=member&id=382%3Araa-jan&Itemid=60|title=Medlemmer: RAA, Jan|publisher=[[Norwegian Academy of Technological Sciences]]|language=Norwegian|accessdate=29 December 2013}}</ref> In 2010 he was decorated as a Commander of the [[Order of St. Olav]].<ref>{{cite news|title=Får St. Olavs Orden|date=7 May 2010|work=Bladet Tromsø|language=Norwegian|page=6}}</ref>
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