Per Brandtzæg
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Per Brandtzæg is a Norwegian physician.
He is a professor of medicine at the University of Oslo
. In November 2006 he was proclaimed Commander of the Royal Norwegian Order of St. Olav in recognition of his work. He is a member of the Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters
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He is also known to the general public as a proponent to retry the case of Fredrik Fasting Torgersen
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He is a professor of medicine at the University of Oslo
University of Oslo
The University of Oslo , formerly The Royal Frederick University , is the oldest and largest university in Norway, situated in the Norwegian capital of Oslo. The university was founded in 1811 and was modelled after the recently established University of Berlin...
. In November 2006 he was proclaimed Commander of the Royal Norwegian Order of St. Olav in recognition of his work. He is a member of the Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters
Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters
The Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters is a learned society based in Oslo, Norway.-History:The University of Oslo was established in 1811. The idea of a learned society in Christiania surfaced for the first time in 1841. The city of Throndhjem had no university, but had a learned...
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He is also known to the general public as a proponent to retry the case of Fredrik Fasting Torgersen
Fredrik Fasting Torgersen
Fredrik Ludvig Fasting Torgersen is a Norwegian convicted of murder.Torgersen's 1958 conviction to life imprisonment for the 1957 murder of the 16 year-old girl Rigmor Johnsen in Oslo marked the beginning of one of the most controversial cases in Norwegian criminal history. Serving 16 years in...
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