Henrik Dedichen, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

    

Henrik Dedichen

Norwegian psychiatrist

Date of Birth: 23-Mar-1863

Place of Birth: Modum, Buskerud, Norway

Date of Death: 03-Mar-1935

Profession: psychiatrist

Nationality: Norway

Zodiac Sign: Aries


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About Henrik Dedichen

  • Henrik Arnold Thaulow Dedichen (23 March 1863 – 3 March 1935) was a Norwegian psychiatrist.
  • He was born in Modum.
  • He was a great-grandson of Niels Andreas Vibe and grandson of Heinrich Arnold Thaulow.
  • He was the father of children's writer Aimée Sommerfelt, and an uncle of Hans Heiberg.He established a private psychiatric hospital at Trosterud in Østre Aker in 1911, which he managed until 1933.
  • He started and edited the journal Tidsskrift for nordisk retsmedicin og psykiatri from 1901 to 1911, and wrote several books on psychiatric subjects.
  • He was a member of the Royal Norwegian Society of Sciences and Letters from 1895, and was awarded the King's Medal of Merit in gold in 1926.

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