Kristian Fredrik Grøn

Kristian Fredrik Grøn (23 October 1855 – 1931) was a Norwegian dermatologist.

He was born in Kristiania as a son of physician Andreas Fredrik Schroeter Grøn (1819–1905) and Maren Birgitte Schroeter. His brother Andreas Fredrik Grøn and brother-in-law J. F. O. Semb were also notable physicians.[1]

After finishing his secondary education in 1872 he graduated from university with the cand.med. degree in 1880. Working in Kristiania, he took the dr.med. degree in 1898 with a thesis on tertiary syphilis and settled as chief physician at Ullevål Hospital in 1903.[1] With Carl Rasch from Denmark and Edvard Welander from Sweden he formed the Nordic Dermatology Association in Copenhagen in 1910.[2][3] He died in 1931.[4]

References

  1. ^ a b Steenstrup, Hjalmar, ed. (1930). "Grøn, Kristian Fredrik". Hvem er hvem? (in Norwegian). Oslo: Aschehoug. pp. 149–150. Archived from the original on 18 June 2018. Retrieved 17 June 2018.
  2. ^ "Nordic Dermatology Association | History of the NDA". nordicdermatology.com. Archived from the original on 2017-12-11. Retrieved 2018-06-08.
  3. ^ "100th Anniversary of the Nordic Dermatology Association" (PDF). Archived (PDF) from the original on 18 June 2022. Retrieved 6 July 2024.
  4. ^ Dagbladet 18 August 1931


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