Christian Fredrik Borchgrevink, Date of Birth, Place of Birth

Christian Fredrik Borchgrevink

Norwegian physician and professor

Date of Birth: 01-Sep-1924

Place of Birth: Oslo, Eastern Norway, Norway

Profession: physician, professor

Nationality: Norway

Zodiac Sign: Virgo

Christian Fredrik Borchgrevink (born 1 September 1924) is a Norwegian medical doctor, a pioneer of bringing the subjects of family medicine and public health into an academic discipline in Norway. He was born in Kristiania to engineer Henrik Christian Juell Borchgrevink and Wilhelmine Antonette Schibbye, and graduated as cand.med.
in 1951 and dr.med.
in 1961.
He was appointed professor at the University of Oslo from 1969 to 1994, the first professor at the Institute of Health and Society.
He was decorated Knight, First Class of the Order of St.
Olav in 1996.