Carl Semb (19 August 1895 – 16 July 1971) was an internationally renowned Norwegian surgeon and professor at the University of Oslo.

Biography

Carl Boye Semb grew up in Oslo, Norway. He was a

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in 1920 and

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in 1929. After eighteen years as a district doctor in Gimsøy and Skjervøy, Semb became chief physician at the surgical ward at

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(1935–65). He was a professor of surgery at the University of Oslo (1951-1965). Semb was chairman of the

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(1940-1947). Semb was President of the Nordic Surgical Society (1955–56). During World War II, Semb engaged in the resistance movement and joined the Milorg. He was a central Milorg leader, from 1941 to 1943, when he had to flee to

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. He is particularly noted for his role in the formation of Norwegian police troops in Sweden during World War II. His pioneering initiative resulted in health camps and a vaccination plan for the refugees. After the war, he was Chief of the Norwegian Army Medical Corps (1945-1947).

Personal life

On February 19, 1926, he married Helga Louise Stenersen, the daughter of Norwegian painter Gudmund Stenersen. They had five children. In 1955, he was appointed Commander of the

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Selected works

*''Toracoplasty with extrafascial apicollysis'' (1935) *''Sykdommer i mamma'' (in "Nordisk lærebok i kirurgi") (1941) *''Lungenchirurgie'' (1944) *''Svulster og Halsens sykdommer'' (in "Nordisk lærebok i kirurgi") (1948)

References

Other sources

* Söderman, Harry(1946) '' Polititroppene i Sverige. Norska och danska trupper i Sverige'' (Oslo: Gyldendal) 1895 births 1971 deaths Norwegian resistance members University of Oslo faculty Oslo University Hospital people {{norway-med-bio-stub