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Name                  Hanne Fjerdingby OlsenAddress                Nedre Rælingsveg 622, 2009 NordbyPhone                 +47 99 03 24 82 (m), +47 67 23 27 23 (w)E-mail                 hanne.fjerdingby@nmbu.noDate of birth     22th January 1974   Education 2011              Ph.D., Dep. Animal and Aquacultural Sciences (IHA), Norwegian University for Life Sciences UMB (now: NMBU) 1994 – 1999 Cand. Agric., Norwegian Agricultural University, NLH (now: NMBU), Dep. Animal Science Work experience 2018 – dd      Tenure track position, IHA/NMBU 2016 – 2017  Senior researcher, IHA/NMBU, project: «Increased wealth creation with Fjord horse in adventure tourism in West Norway», funding: Regional Research Fund West Norway 2015 – 2016  Senior researcher, IHA/NMBU, project: «Runs of homozygosity for calculations of inbreeding, effective population size and relationship within and between the Norwegian and the Swedish Fjord horse», funding: The Swedish-Norwegian Foundation for Equine Research 2015              Senior researcher, IHA/NMBU, project: “Cluster analysis of the relationship matrix of the coldblooded trotter”, funding: The Norwegian Trotting Company 2011 – 2014  Senior researcher, IHA/NMBU, project: “Strengthening the competitive edge for the three Norwegian horse breeds”, funding: The Swedish-Norwegian Foundation for Equine Research 2003 – 2011 Research fellow, IHA/NMBU, project: "Development of the breeding system of the coldblooded trotter”, funding: the Norwegian Research Council (part-time job due to severely sick child) 2002 – 2003 Sci. ass. IHA/NLH (now: NMBU), project: ”A pilot study of breeding shows in the Nordland/Lyngen pony”, funding: Norwegian Equine Centre 1999 – 2002 Sci. ass. IHA/NLH (now: NMBU), project: ”Operation of selection programmes in small, domestic animal populations”, funding: NordGen 1999 – 1999 Consultant IHA/NLH (now: NMBU), project: “Environment systems for sows”      Languages Norwegian (first language)/nynorsk, English (written/oral), German (written) Computer skills MS Office, SAS, R, ASReml, Gencont, PLINK, EVA, DMU, Questback, SimaPro Publications/conference contributions (selected last 10 years) 2018  Olsen, H.F., Klemetsdal, G.: A temperament test developed for the Norwegian horse breeds. 69th Annual Meeting of the European Federation of Animal Science, Dubrovnik, August 27-31.2011              Report: Handlingsplan for de nasjonale hesterasene 2011-2020 (ed.), Norsk Hestesenter (In Norwegian). 2018  Tenhunen, S., Olsen, H.F., Dolvik, N.I., Våge, D.I., Klemetsdal, G.: Genomic and genealogical coancestries within and between the Norwegian and the Swedish Fjord horses. 69th Annual Meeting of the European Federation of Animal Science, Dubrovnik, August 27-31. 2018  Olsen, H.F., Klemetsdal, G.: Clustering the relationship matrix as a supportive tool to maintain genetic diversity in the Scandinavian cold-blooded trotter. Acta Agric Scand. Sect. A., DOI: 10.1080/09064702.2018.1542452. 2018  Olsen, H.F., Klemetsdal, G.: Validation of a temperament test in the Norwegian horse breeds. Submitted to Applied Animal Behaviour Science. 2017  Report: Opplevelsesturisme med hest i Vest-regionen og tilgrensende områder – med fokus på muligheter for fjordhest. ISBN 978-82-575-1482-2. 2017  Olsen, H.F., Klemetsdal, G.: Temperament of the Norwegian horse breeds – a questionnaire based study. Applied Animal Behaviour Science 193, 60-66. 2017  Horn, S.S., Steinheim, G., Olsen, H.F., Gjerjordet, H.F., Klemetsdal, G.: Genetic analyses of herding traits by using data from international regulated sheepdog trials. J. Anim. Breed. Genet. 134(2):144-151. 2016  Report: «Clusteranalyse på slektskapsdata hos norsk kaldblodstraver», Det Norske Travselskap (In Norwegian). 2016  Østevik, L., Lykkjen, S., Røed, K., Våge, D.I., Olsen, H.F., Dolvik, N.I., Klemetsdal, G. «Identification of genetic markers of joint disease in the horse», NORBIS Summer School, Bergen June 13-17. 2014  Lykkjen, S., Olsen, H.F., Dolvik, N.I., Grøndahl, A.M., Røed, K.H., Klemetsdal, G.: Heritability estimates of tarsocrural osteochondrosis and palmar/plantar first phalanx osteochondral fragments in Standardbred trotters. Equine Vet. Journ. 46(1):32-37. 2013  Olsen, H.F., Meuwissen, T.H.E., Klemetsdal, G.: Optimal contribution selection applied to the Norwegian and the North-Swedish cold-blooded trotter – a feasibility study. J. Anim. Breed. Genet. 130(3):170-177. 2012  Olsen, H.F., Klemetsdal, G., Ødegård, J., Arnason, T.: Validation of alternative models in genetic evaluation of racing performance in North Swedish and Norwegian cold-blooded trotters. J. Anim. Breed. Genet. 129(2):164-170. 2011  Ph.D.-thesis: Genetic variation and management of the Norwegian horse breeds, IHA/UMB 2011:05. ISBN 978-82-575-0969-9. 2011  Recommendations for implementation of optimal contribution selection of the Norwegian and the North-Swedish cold-blooded trotter, 62nd Annual Meeting of the European Association for Animal Production, Stavanger. 2010              Olsen, H.F., Klemetsdal, G.: Management to ensure effective population size in a breeding programme for the small Norwegian horse breeds – a simulation study. Acta Agric. Scand. Sect. A 60:60-63. 2010              Olsen, H.F., Klemetsdal, G., Ruane, J., Helfjord, T.: Pedigree structure and genetic variation in the two endangered Norwegian horse breeds: Døle and Nordland/Lyngen. Acta Agric. Scand. Sect. A 60:13-22.