The Journal of the Norwegian Medical Association (Norwegian: Tidsskrift for Den norske legeforening) is a biweekly peer-reviewedmedical journal published by the Norwegian Medical Association and established in 1881. It includes research and review articles, news stories, and debates about professional issues and education, as well as discussion of medical education. The journal has been indexed by Index Medicus, MEDLINE, and PubMed since 1965.
It was established in 1881 under the title Tidsskrift for praktisk Medicin (Journal of Practical Medicine, in the sense of clinical medicine). The journal was established five years before the Norwegian Medical Association (Norwegian: Den norske lægeforening, from 2008 Den norske legeforening). The journal changed names in 1888 to Organ for Den norske lægeforening (Proceedings of the Norwegian Medical Association) before being renamed Tidsskrift for Den norske lægeforening (Journal of the Norwegian Medical Association) in 1890. The spelling was changed to Tidsskrift for Den norske legeforening to reflect modern Norwegian orthography in 2008. It is nicknamed and to some extent branded simply as "Tidsskriftet" (The Journal) within the Norwegian medical profession.
Besides the medical articles, the main content of the journal are news and debate articles.
The journal accepts advertising for prescription drugs that cannot be legally advertised to the general public. It also includes advertisements for specialist practices and private hospitals. The editor-in-chief from 2002 to 2015 was Charlotte Haug, and since then Are Brean.
The Norwegian Medical Association is the main Norwegian medical association and trade union, and was founded in 1886. It has 32 555 members or about 96% of all Norwegian doctors. Anne Karin Rime became president in 2021. It is affiliated with the Federation of Norwegian Professional Associations. The association publishes the Journal of the Norwegian Medical Association, established in 1881.
Axel Holst was a Norwegian Professor of Hygiene and Bacteriology at the University of Oslo. He was most known for his contributions to the study of the treatment of Beriberi and Scurvy.
Åsmund Ragnar Reikvam is a Norwegian professor in medicine and former politician.
Robin Martin Kåss is a Norwegian politician for the Labour Party. He has lived most of his life in Porsgrunn, Telemark, Norway.
Oslo University Hospital is a university hospital in Oslo, Norway. With over 24,000 employees it is the largest hospital organization in Europe. It is affiliated with the Faculty of Medicine of the University of Oslo and is one of the largest medical research institutions in Europe.
Alf Brodal was a Norwegian professor of anatomy.
Fredrik Georg Gade was a Norwegian physician.
Eduard Bøckmann was a Norwegian American ophthalmologist, physician and inventor.
Sverre Dick Henriksen was a Norwegian professor of medicine.
Sunnaas Rehabilitation Hospital is a hospital in Nesodden, Norway, and a health trust under Helse Sør-Øst. Sunnaas is the country's largest specialized hospital in physical medicine and rehabilitation. Patient services include cancer services, brain injuries after accidents or disease, multiple injuries, burns, and neurology. The rehabilitation program covers primary rehabilitation, controlled return, and patient programs. The hospital has policlinics in Oslo and on Nesodden and runs laboratory research on the hospital's behalf.
The Norwegian Historical Association is a Norwegian historical organization.
Sigmund A. Anderssen is a professor in physical activity and health in the Department of Sports Medicine at the Norwegian School of Sport Sciences. He also holds a position as adjunct professor at Sogn og Fjordane University College, Faculty of Teacher Education and Sport. He is chair of the National Council on Physical Activity, and a past member of the Medical Council of the Norwegian Diabetes Federation. His main research area is physical fitness and physical activity surveillance, and physical activity in relation to risk factors for diabetes and cardiovascular disease. He has been one of the main authors of the Norwegian and the Nordic physical activity recommendations. He has published more than 100 original research articles, review papers and book chapters, in addition to two books. He was awarded The Norwegian Medical Association's prize in Preventive Medicine in 2001 and the Messner Prize in 2008 for excellence in research and ethics in sports medicine.
Jørgen Løvset was a Norwegian professor of medicine, gynecology and obstetrics. He was the son of a farmer Arnt Løvset (1873–1938) and Helle Hove (1870–1911), married Selma Margaret Nilsen (1894–1986) in 1924, divorced 1950, and married again in 1951 with the nurse Aslaug Tordis Gil (1921–1976).
Christian Caspar Gabriel Kielland was a Norwegian gynaecologist, known as the inventor of the Kielland forceps.
Ole Jacob Malm was a Norwegian physician. He was born in Kristiania, and was a grandson of Ole Olsen Malm. He was professor of medicine at the University of Oslo and senior consultant at Ullevål Hospital in Oslo from 1964 to 1980. During the Occupation of Norway by Nazi Germany he assumed central positions in the resistance movement, including a period as Secretary General of the Coordination Committee. He was decorated Knight, First Class of the Order of St. Olav in 1976.
Schiøtz tonometer is an indentation tonometer, used to measure the intraocular pressure (IOP) by measuring the depth produced on the surface of the cornea by a load of a known weight. The indentation of corneal surface is related to the IOP.
Per Hjalmar Nakstad is a Norwegian professor of medicine.
Dagfinn Aarskog was a Norwegian physician, geneticist, and professor of pediatrics. He has been called "one of the most prominent figures in Norwegian pediatrics."
Nils Johan Lavik was a Norwegian psychiatrist and Professor of Psychiatry at the University of Oslo. He was known for his work on psychological trauma among refugees.
Erik Stein Thorsby was a Norwegian physician and professor at the University of Oslo and Oslo University Hospital. He carried out research in immunology, specializing in transplant immunology.
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