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

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Personal life

He was born in Farsund as a son of consul Peter Ingvard Sundt (1841–1917) and his wife Anna Christiane Salvesen. He was a

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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 (Norway), Liberal Party. Personal life He was born in Farsund as a son of consul Peter Ingvard Sundt (1841–1917) ...

. He was a grandnephew of Eilert Sundt, nephew of Lauritz Sundt, first cousin once removed of

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and

Einar Sundt Einar Sundt (16 October 1854 – 20 September 1917) was a Norwegian businessman, writer and publisher. He was born in Christiania to Eilert Sundt and Nicoline Conradine Hansen, and was a cousin of Johan Lauritz Sundt and Karen Sundt. He f ...

, first cousin of

Harald Sundt Harald Sundt (16 March 1873 – 9 September 1952) was a Norwegian businessperson. Personal life He was born in Kristiania as a son of wholesaler Oluf Christian Carl Sundt (1834–1891) and his wife Lydia Jeanette Dahl (1843–1891). He was a pater ...

and third cousin of Arthur Sundt. In September 1903 in

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he married merchant's daughter Rebekka Heitmann.

Career

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his secondary education in 1892, and graduated with the

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degree in 1900. He was a municipal physician in Gol from 1903 to 1908, physician in Vadsø from 1908 to 1911, then from 1911 to 1943 chief physician in

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. 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 in Vadsø, 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

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