Halfdan Sundt (12 August 1873 – 18 January 1951) was a Norwegian physician and politician. He was the president of the

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Personal life

He was born in

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as a son of consul Peter Ingvard Sundt (1841–1917) and his wife Anna Christiane Salvesen. He was a triplet brother of physician

Vigleik Trygve Sundt Vigleik Trygve Sundt (12 August 1873 – 23 August 1948) was a Norwegian attorney, genealogist and politician for the Liberal Party. Personal life He was born in Farsund as a son of consul Peter Ingvard Sundt (1841–1917) and his wife Anna Chris ...

. He was a grandnephew of

Eilert Sundt Eilert Lund Sundt (8 August 1817 – 13 June 1875) was a Norwegian theologist and sociologist, known for his work on morality, marriage and other subjects among the working class. He was an early pioneer of the field of sociology in Norway. Ear ...

, nephew of Lauritz Sundt, first cousin once removed of

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and Einar Sundt, first cousin of Harald Sundt and third cousin of Arthur Sundt. In September 1903 in

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he married merchant's daughter Rebekka Heitmann.

Career

He finished his secondary education in 1892, and graduated with the cand.med. degree in 1900. He was a municipal physician in

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from 1903 to 1908, physician in

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from 1908 to 1911, then from 1911 to 1943 chief physician in

Stavern Stavern is a town in Larvik Municipality in Vestfold county, Norway. The town is located at the mouth of the Larviksfjorden along the Skagerrak coast, about south of the town of Larvik. Historically, Stavern was a self-governing municipality ...

. In 1920 he took the

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degree with a thesis on the Legg–Calvé–Perthes syndrome. He was a freelance researcher after his retirement from the hospital in Stavern. From 1933 to 1935 he was the president of the

, and from 1937 to 1945 he chaired ''Nationalforeningen mot tuberkulose''. He was a city council member for

, and from 1914 to 1922 in Stavern. He was also a member of Stavern school board for 15 years. He died in January 1951 in Stavern.

References

1873 births 1951 deaths People from Farsund Norwegian municipal physicians Finnmark politicians Vestfold politicians {{Norway-med-bio-stub