Rudolf Waldemar Rømeling Krefting (3 February 1860 – 17 August 1942) was a Norwegian

dermatologist Dermatology is the branch of medicine dealing with the skin.''Random House Webster's Unabridged Dictionary.'' Random House, Inc. 2001. Page 537. . It is a speciality with both medical and surgical aspects. A dermatologist is a specialist medi ...

. He was born in

Kvikne Municipality Kvikne is a former municipality in the old Hedmark county, Norway. The municipality existed from 1838 until its dissolution in 1966. The area is now divided between Tynset Municipality in Innlandet county and Rennebu Municipality in Trøndelag ...

. He is particularly known for his studies of the

chancroid Chancroid ( ) is a bacterial sexually transmitted infection characterized by painful sores on the genitalia. Chancroid is known to spread from one individual to another solely through sexual contact. However, there have been reports of accidenta ...

and the coccobacillus haemophilus ducreyi. He was the father of Kristian Krefting.

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1860 births 1942 deaths People from Hedmark Norwegian dermatologists {{Norway-bio-stub