Engelsk titel: Ragnhild Vogt Hauge – psychiatrist, pioneer and member of the Norwegian Nazi party
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Författare:
Hem, Erlend
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Bördahl, Per E
Språk: Nor
Antal referenser: 36
Dokumenttyp:
Artikel
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Biografi
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UI-nummer: 19100161
Personnamn som ämnesord:
Hauge, Ragnhild Vogt
Sammanfattning
BACKGROUND: Ragnhild Vogt Hauge (1890–1987) was Norway’s first woman psychiatrist, but has today been almost forgotten. In this article we present her biography, medical background and work as a doctor.
MATERIAL AND METHOD: We have searched through the Retriever media archive, the digital archives of the National Library and the Aftenposten daily, as well as in the following files in the National Archives of Norway: the legal purge of World War II collaborators and the files of the State Police, the Norwegian Medical Association and the Directorate of Health.
RESULTS: After her mother’s early death in 1908, Ragnhild Vogt cared for her younger siblings and took her mother’s place. These family responsibilities caused her education to be delayed, and she did not graduate from her medical studies in Oslo until the age of 35, in 1925. In 1931, she became the first woman in Norway to be authorised as a psychiatrist. She later worked also as a forensic psychiatrist. In 1934 she married and settled in Arendal, where she continued practising until the end of her career. In the years 1941–45 she was a member of Nasjonal Samling, the Norwegian Nazi party, and was convicted of treason after the war.
INTERPRETATION: There can be many reasons why the name of Ragnhild Vogt Hauge has been almost forgotten. She worked on the periphery and combined her practice as a psychiatrist with that of a GP. Most likely, her membership in Nasjonal Samling during the war has also played a role. The sources testify to a kind-hearted Christian doctor.