Tarmo Oja, Date of Birth, Place of Birth

Tarmo Oja

Swedish astronomer

Date of Birth: 21-Dec-1934

Place of Birth: Tallinn, Estonia

Profession: astronomer

Nationality: Sweden

Zodiac Sign: Sagittarius

Tarmo Oja (born December 21, 1934 in Tallinn, Estonia) is a professor in astronomy at Uppsala University who studies galactic structure and variable stars.
He was the director at the Swedish Kvistaberg Station of the Uppsala Observatory form 1970 until his retirement in 1999. As a senior professor he continued his observations (work) at the observatory at Kvistaberg until the spring of 2006, when he moved (back) to Uppsala together with his wife Silvi.