The Most Famous
PHYSICIANS from Norway
This page contains a list of the greatest Norwegian Physicians. The pantheon dataset contains 726 Physicians, 2 of which were born in Norway. This makes Norway the birth place of the 34th most number of Physicians behind Portugal, and South Africa.
Top 4
The following people are considered by Pantheon to be the most legendary Norwegian Physicians of all time. This list of famous Norwegian Physicians is sorted by HPI (Historical Popularity Index), a metric that aggregates information on a biography’s online popularity.
1. Gerhard Armauer Hansen (1841 - 1912)
With an HPI of 60.25, Gerhard Armauer Hansen is the most famous Norwegian Physician. His biography has been translated into 39 different languages on wikipedia.
Gerhard Henrik Armauer Hansen (Norwegian pronunciation: [ˈɡæ̂rhɑɖ ɑrˈmæ̀ʉər ˈhɑ̂nsn̩]; 29 July 1841 – 12 February 1912) was a Norwegian physician, remembered for his identification of the bacterium Mycobacterium leprae in 1873 as the causative agent of leprosy. His distinguished work was recognized at the International Leprosy Congress held at Bergen in 1909.
2. May-Britt Moser (b. 1963)
With an HPI of 56.94, May-Britt Moser is the 2nd most famous Norwegian Physician. Her biography has been translated into 66 different languages.
May-Britt Moser (born 1963) is a Norwegian psychologist and neuroscientist, who is a Professor of Psychology and Neuroscience at the Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU). She and her former husband, Edvard Moser, shared half of the 2014 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine, awarded for work concerning the grid cells in the entorhinal cortex, as well as several additional space-representing cell types in the same circuit that make up the positioning system in the brain. Together with Edvard Moser she established the Moser research environment at NTNU, which they lead. Since 2012 she has headed the Centre for Neural Computation. Moser received her education as a psychologist at the Department of Psychology, University of Oslo and obtained a PhD in neurophysiology at the Faculty of Medicine in 1995; in 1996 she was appointed as associate professor in biological psychology at the Department of Psychology at the Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU); she was promoted to professor of neuroscience in 2000. In 2002 her research group was given the status of a separate "centre of excellence".
3. Harald Natvig (1872 - 1947)
With an HPI of 43.92, Harald Natvig is the 3rd most famous Norwegian Physician. His biography has been translated into 15 different languages.
Harald Natvig (10 June 1872 – 1 August 1947) was a Norwegian physician and a sport shooter, who won three gold medals in the 1920 and 1924 Summer Olympics.
4. Daniel Cornelius Danielssen (1815 - 1894)
With an HPI of 42.81, Daniel Cornelius Danielssen is the 4th most famous Norwegian Physician. His biography has been translated into 15 different languages.
Daniel Cornelius Danielssen (4 July 1815 – 13 July 1894) was a Norwegian physician. He was most noted for his research regarding the causes and treatment of leprosy.
People
Pantheon has 4 people classified as Norwegian physicians born between 1815 and 1963. Of these 4, 1 (25.00%) of them are still alive today. The most famous living Norwegian physicians include May-Britt Moser. The most famous deceased Norwegian physicians include Gerhard Armauer Hansen, Harald Natvig, and Daniel Cornelius Danielssen. As of April 2024, 2 new Norwegian physicians have been added to Pantheon including Harald Natvig, and Daniel Cornelius Danielssen.
Living Norwegian Physicians
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Gerhard Armauer Hansen
1841 - 1912
HPI: 60.25
Harald Natvig
1872 - 1947
HPI: 43.92
Daniel Cornelius Danielssen
1815 - 1894
HPI: 42.81
Newly Added Norwegian Physicians (2024)
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Which Physicians were alive at the same time? This visualization shows the lifespans of the 3 most globally memorable Physicians since 1700.
