Harald Oskar Christopher Lystad (born 2 August 1875 in Christiania, died 21 May 1950) was a Norwegian physician,

ophthalmologist Ophthalmology ( ) is a surgery, surgical subspecialty within medicine that deals with the diagnosis and treatment of eye disorders. An ophthalmologist is a physician who undergoes subspecialty training in medical and surgical eye care. Followin ...

and president of the

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from 1931 to 1932. He also served as the first president of the Norwegian Ophthalmological Society from 1926 to 1928. He graduated with the

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degree at the

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in 1901. He was deputy consultant at the National Hospital from 1905 to 1906, and had a private practice in Christiania as a specialist in

ophthalmology Ophthalmology ( ) is a surgical subspecialty within medicine that deals with the diagnosis and treatment of eye disorders. An ophthalmologist is a physician who undergoes subspecialty training in medical and surgical eye care. Following a medic ...

from 1906.Biography in ''Norges læger 1800–1908'' (Physicians of Norway 1800–1908), 2, pp. 77–78 In 1908, he married Elisabeth Marie Rønneberg, daughter of wholesaler, conservative politician and mayor of

Ålesund Ålesund () sometimes spelled Aalesund in English, is a municipality in Møre og Romsdal County, Norway. It is part of the traditional district of Sunnmøre and the centre of the Ålesund Region. The town of Ålesund is the administrative ...

Joachim Holmboe Rønneberg Joachim Holmboe Rønneberg (2 May 1851 – 16 September 1929) was a Norwegian wholesaler and politician of the Conservative Party. Biography He was mayor of Ålesund in 1896, deputy mayor 1893–1895 and 1897–1901, and deputy member of parliame ...

(1851–1929). Harald Lystad was the grandfather of

Joakim Lystad Joakim Theodor Haagaas Lystad (born 17 April 1953) is a Norwegian civil servant. He served as the first Director-General of the Norwegian Food Safety Authority from 2003 to 2010, building the organization. From 2010 to 2015, he was the Labour an ...

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