Arvid Anseth (29 January 1925 – 3 August 2006) was a Norwegian ophthalmologist. Anseth was born in

Bærum Bærum () is a list of municipalities of Norway, municipality in the Greater Oslo Region in Akershus County, Norway. It forms an affluent suburb of Oslo on the west coast of the city. Bærum is Norway's fifth largest municipality with a populatio ...

. He finished his secondary education in 1943, took the

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degree at

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in 1947 and the Doctor Medicinae degree at Lund in 1961, after two years as a research fellow in

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. Anseth was a

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at Lund University from 1962 to 1971, a professor at the

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from 1971 to 1977, a professor at the Faculty of Medicine of the

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from 1977 to 1980, and a professor at the

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from 1980 to 1989. Among others, he operated on

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for a

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in 1986. Anseth was married, and resided in

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in his later life. Anseth died in August 2006.

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1925 births 2006 deaths People from Bærum Lund University alumni Academic staff of Lund University Academic staff of the University of Tromsø Academic staff of the Norwegian University of Science and Technology Academic staff of the University of Oslo Norwegian expatriates in Sweden Norwegian expatriates in the United States Norwegian ophthalmologists {{Norway-academic-bio-stub