Niels Ryberg Finsen

Niels Ryberg Finsen was a FaroeseDanish physician and scientist of Icelandic descent. He was awarded the Nobel Prize in Medicine and Physiology in 1903 in recognition of his contribution to the treatment of diseases, especially lupus vulgaris, with concentrated light radiation, whereby he has opened a new avenue for medical science.

Niels Finsen was born in Trshavn, Faroe Islands, as the secondoldest of four children. His parents were Hannes Steingrim Finsen, who belonged to an Icelandic family with traditions reaching back to the 10th century, and Johanne Frman, who was born and raised in Iceland. The family moved to Trshavn from Iceland in 1858 when his father was given the position of Landfoged fti who received the taxes from the sysselmand and delivered the proceeds to the stiftamtmand of the Faroe Islands. When Niels was four years old his mother died, and his father married his mothers cousin Birgitte Kirstine Formann, with whom he had six children. In 1871 his father was made Amtmand of the Faroe Islands.

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