Hans L. C. Huitfeldt

Hans Ludvig Carl Huitfeldt (17 February 1876 – 30 June 1969) was a Norwegian physician.

He graduated as cand.med. in 1902, and later took the dr.med. degree. He worked in Gjøvik from 1902 to 1904, and thereafter in Oslo, running a private clinic from 1908 to 1940. He founded the cancer treatment clinic Kristiania Radium-Institutt in 1912, and was later instrumental in the foundation of the Norwegian Radium Hospital. From its foundation in 1932 to 1956 he chaired the board of directors.[1] [2] Huitfeldt was also physician-in-ordinary of the Norwegian royal family. During the German occupation of Norway, the royal family was chased into exile, while Huitfeldt was imprisoned at Grini between January and June 1942.[1][3]

Huitfeldt was a Knight of the Order of St. Olav and the Swedish Order of the Polar Star.[1]

He was the son of Henrik Jørgen Huitfeldt-Kaas,[4] son-in-law of newspaper editor Amandus Schibsted.[1] and father of Henrik J. S. Huitfeldt.[5]

References

  1. ^ a b c d "Hans L. C. Huitfeldt død". Verdens Gang. 1 July 1969.
  2. ^ Fodstad, Ø. (28 June 2007). "Radiumhospitalet fyller 75 år". Tidsskrift for den Norske Legeforening (in Norwegian). 127 (13): 1800–1. PMID 17599133. Retrieved 12 October 2008.
  3. ^ Ottosen, Kristian, ed. (1995). Nordmenn i fangenskap 1940–1945 (in Norwegian) (1st ed.). Oslo: Universitetsforlaget. p. 304. ISBN 82-15-00288-9.
  4. ^ "Hans Ludvig Carl Huitfeldt". Store norske leksikon.
  5. ^ "Henrik Jørgen Schibsted Huitfeldt". Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Retrieved 31 March 2014.


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