Karl Evang, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

    

Karl Evang

Norwegian civil servant

Date of Birth: 19-Oct-1902

Place of Birth: Oslo, Eastern Norway, Norway

Date of Death: 03-Jan-1981

Profession: physician

Nationality: Norway

Zodiac Sign: Libra


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About Karl Evang

  • Karl Evang (19 October 1902 – 3 January 1981) was a Norwegian physician and civil servant. He was born in Kristiania as a son of assisting secretary Jens Ingolf Evang (1873–1914) and Anna Beate Wexelsen (1875–1954).
  • He was a brother of Vilhelm Evang, and a relative of Vilhelm Andreas Wexelsen, Per Kvist and Gunnar Jahn.
  • His sister Anne Beate married another civil servant, Karl Ludvig Bugge.
  • Karl Evang met physician Gerda S.
  • Landmark Moe (1905–1985) in 1926, and married her in 1929.He enrolled in medicine studies at the Royal Frederick University in 1924, and became a member of the revolutionary group Mot Dag in 1926 which had a strong standing among students.
  • Mot Dag was affiliated with the Communist Party of Norway at the time, but soon became independent.
  • Evang was also active in the Norwegian Support Committee for Spain and ClartĂ©.
  • He was elected chairman of the Norwegian Students' Society in 1931, while serving a prison sentence for conscientious objection.
  • He joined the Norwegian Labour Party after Mot Dag's demise in 1933.In the 1930s he became a noted public debater.
  • He issued the 1934 book Rasepolitikk og reaksjon, and wrote with the purpose of medicinal and hygienic enlightenment in the publications Populært Tidsskrift for Seksuell Oplysning (which he edited) and Arbeidermagasinet.
  • He was also a popular radio speaker and lecturer.
  • In 1938 he was appointed to the vacant position as director of the Norwegian Directorate for Health.
  • When World War II came to Norway, Evang followed the cabinet Nygaardsvold first to Northern Norway, then to exile in the United Kingdom.
  • Evang was given the rank of lieutenant colonel.
  • He spent the war years organizing a health administration for Norwegians abroad, spending time in the USA as well.
  • After the war he co-founded the World Health Organization; he was also board chairman for some time.
  • His position was strengthened after the war, and Evang signalized technocratic ambitions.
  • Similarly, the health conditions in Norway improved in the post-war years.
  • Poliomyelitis was eradicated and tuberculosis diminished.
  • However, several welfare programs were implemented long after Evang's initiatives.
  • He also had political ambitions (Minister of Social Affairs, probably also Prime Minister) that were never fulfilled.In 1972 he had to retire due to the age limit of 70.
  • He spent one year as a guest professor at the University of Tromsø.
  • He also became more radical politically.
  • He had been an opponent of Norwegian participation in the Korean War and NATO, co-founded the newspaper Orientering and opposed Norwegian EEC membership in 1972.
  • In 1973 he joined the Socialist Electoral League.
  • He released the book Helse og Samfunn, an overview of the contemporary health sector.
  • Other releases include selected articles from Populært Tidsskrift for Seksuell Oplysning, which were released in book form in 1947 and 1951.He suffered from a stroke, and subsequent aphasia from 1976 to his death in January 1981 in Oslo.

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