Birger Tvedt
Birger Tvedt | |
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Born | |
Died | 1 May 2002 Oslo, Norway | (aged 92)
Nationality | Norwegian |
Occupation | Sports medicine |
Spouse | Inger Torgersen |
Honours | Knight of 1st order of St. Olavs |
Birger Tvedt (1 February 1910 – 1 May 2002) was a Norwegian sports
Tvedt grew up in
After the Second World War, sports and work physiology was his main interest. He was a doctor for the Norwegian athletes at several
In 1946 he was connected to the Oslo Orthopedic Institute as a teacher and was later education leader until the state took over the institute in 1966 and called it the Norwegian School of Physiotherapy. He ran the department together with Dr. Otto Holmboe until Holmboe's death. Then he was responsible for the main teaching of Norwegian physiotherapists. As a teacher Tvedt was a pioneer who used very unorthodox methods of teaching. It meant that he was controversial, but his strong point was never drawn into question.[citation needed]
As a physiotherapist, his mantra was motion. Under the leadership of Tvedt, people in various professions was
Honours
- Knight of 1st order of St. Olav's in 1990
- Æresmedlem av Norwegian Physiotherapist Association
Bibliography (in selection)
- Hygiene og idrett, i Til Tyskland for freden, håndbok for Tysklandsbrigaden, 1947 [1]
- Helsekurs, 1960 (2. utg. 1969)
- Arbeidsstudier, bd. 1 (sm.m. B. Harestad), 1969
- Translation: Zebroff, K.: Yoga for everybody, 1974
References
- "Birger Tvedt". Store norske leksikon(in Norwegian). Retrieved 5 June 2012.