Carl Looft

Born in Bærum in 1863, Carl Looft became one of Norway's earliest pediatric specialists. He trained as a physician in the late 19th century and built much of his career in Bergen, where he worked both in research and in medical practice focused on children.

Early in his career, he studied leprosy and collaborated with Gerhard Armauer Hansen on a well-known medical work about the disease. Later, he became especially associated with child health and is remembered as one of the first pediatricians in Norway.

Looft died in 1943. Though he is better known in medical history than in literary circles, his published work reflects a life devoted to observation, public health, and the care of patients.