Lars Hannibal Sommerfeldt Stoud Platou (2 September 1848 – 12 November 1923) was a Norwegian psychiatrist. He was born in Bergen as a son of burgomaster

Carl Nicolai Stoud Platou Carl Nicolai Stoud Platou (26 June 1809 – 11 September 1888) was a Norwegian civil servant and politician. Personal life He was born in Oslo, Christiania as a son of educator, professor, politician and State Secretary Ludvig Stoud Platou (1749 ...

(1809–1888) and his wife Christence Dorothea Plade Nielsen (1817–1889). He was a grandson of

Ludvig Stoud Platou Ludvig Stoud Platou (28 March 1778 – 30 November 1833) was a Danish-Norwegian educator, historical and geographical writer, politician and State Secretary. Personal life He was born in Slagelse, Denmark as a son of curate Friderich Christian P ...

, nephew of Frederik Christian Stoud Platou, brother of

Valborg Platou Valborg Platou (29 August 1839 – 29 December 1928) was a Norwegian librarian, writer and art critic. She was the first Norwegian female to become the chief librarian, a position that she held for 27 years at the Bergen Public Library. Biograp ...

, first cousin of

Oscar Ludvig Stoud Platou Oscar Ludvig Stoud Platou (16 July 1845 – 17 January 1929) was a Norwegian jurist. After fourteen years as an assessor in Oslo City Court from 1876 to 1890, he was a professor at the Royal Frederick University from 1890 to 1920. Personal life H ...

, second cousin of

Gabriel Andreas Stoud Platou Gabriel Andreas Stoud Platou (1858 – 6 June 1911) was a Norwegian banker and politician for the Conservative Party. Personal life He was as a son of banker Christian Fredrik Stoud Platou (1824–1883), brother of Christian Emil Stoud Platou and ...

Christian Emil Stoud Platou Christian Emil Stoud Platou (18 April 1861 – 28 July 1923) was a Norwegian railroad director and politician for the Conservative Party. Personal life He was born in Hamar as the son of banker Christian Fredrik Stoud Platou (1824–1883) and Eli ...

and Waldemar Stoud Platou and uncle of

Carl Platou Carl Nicolai Stoud Platou (25 July 1885 – 1 February 1956) was a Norwegian civil servant and politician. A jurist by education, he is best known for his civil servant career in the Norwegian Ministry of Justice and the Police, which spanned from ...

. In September 1878 in Ullensaker he married his first cousin (a daughter of Frederik Christian Stoud Platou), Mimi Platou (1852–1928). He enrolled in higher education, and graduated with the

cand.med. Candidate of Medicine ( la, candidatus medicinae (male), ''candidata medicinae'' (female), abbreviated cand. med.) is an academic degree awarded in Denmark, Iceland, and Norway following a six-year medical school education. Medical students in ...

degree in 1874. He was acting district physician in Inner Romsdal and worked some time as Rikshospitalet before becoming manager of Rosenborg "insane asylum" in 1786. He worked at Gaustad asylum from 1881 to 1882, and was the director of Eg asylum from 1882 to 1920. He succeeded Axel H. Lindboe. Eg was the third state-run asylum in Norway, and with 38 years as director he made his mark there. He died in November 1923 in Kristiania.

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1848 births 1935 deaths Norwegian psychiatrists Physicians from Bergen Lars Hannibal Sommerfeldt Stoud {{psychiatrist-stub