Andreas Melchior Seip Diesen
{{short description|Norwegian physician}}
{{use dmy dates|date=April 2021}}
{{Infobox person
| name = Andreas Melchior Seip Diesen
| image = File:AndreasMelchiorSeipDiesen.jpg
| caption =
| birth_date = {{Birth date |1881|9|23|df=y}}
| birth_place = Norderhov, Norway
| death_date = {{Death date and age |1958|11|12|1881|9|23|df=y}}
| nationality = Norwegian
| occupation = Physician
| children = Ernst Diesen
| relatives = {{plainlist|
- Emil Diesen (brother)
- Kari Diesen (daughter-in-law)
- Andreas Diesen (grandson) }}
| awards =
}}
Andreas Melchior Seip Diesen (23 September 1881 – 12 November 1958) was a Norwegian physician. He was the city physician ({{langx|no|stadsfysikus}}) in Oslo, and member of the Administrative Council in 1940.
Personal life
Diesen was born in Norderhov (later merged into Ringerike), a son of Army officer Ernst Georg Diesen and Anna Seip,{{cite encyclopedia |year=1948 |title=Diesen, Andreas Melchior Seip |encyclopedia=Hvem er hvem? |editor-first1=Harald |editor-last1=Gram |editor-link1=Harald Gram |editor-first2=Bjørn |editor-last2=Steenstrup |publisher=Aschehoug |location=Oslo |url=https://runeberg.org/hvemerhvem/1948/0117.html |page=117 |language=Norwegian |access-date=17 April 2021 }} and a brother of editor Emil Diesen.{{cite encyclopedia|title=Diesen (slekt fra Odalen) |encyclopedia=Store norske leksikon |date=13 July 2020 |editor-last=Bolstad | editor-first=Erik |publisher=Norsk nettleksikon |location=Oslo |url=https://snl.no/Diesen_-_slekt_fra_Odalen |language=no |access-date=17 April 2021}}
He married Sofie Elisabeth Aars Brodtkorb in 1912. They were the parents of actor and theatre director Ernst Diesen, and thus parents-in-law of actress Kari Diesen,{{Cite encyclopedia |title=Ernst Diesen |encyclopedia=Norsk biografisk leksikon |first=Svend Erik Løken |last=Larsen |date=25 February 2020 |editor-link=Knut Helle |editor-last=Helle |editor-first=Knut |publisher=Kunnskapsforlaget |location=Oslo |url=https://nbl.snl.no/Ernst_Diesen |language=Norwegian |access-date=17 April 2021 }} and grandparents of journalist Andreas Diesen.
Career
Diesen graduated as cand.med. in 1908. He served as city physician ({{Lang|no|stadsfysikus}}) in Oslo from 1930 to 1951. During the early part of the German occupation of Norway, from April to September 1940, he was member of the Administrative Council, where he served as Minister of Social Affairs.{{cite encyclopedia|title=Andreas Melchior Seip Diesen |encyclopedia=Store norske leksikon |date=26 February 2020 |editor-last=Bolstad | editor-first=Erik |publisher=Norsk nettleksikon |location=Oslo |url=https://snl.no/Andreas_Melchior_Seip_Diesen |language=no |access-date=17 April 2021}}
Diesen died on 12 November 1958.{{cite web|url=https://www.nsd.no/polsys/index.cfm?MenuItem=N1_1&ChildItem=&State=collapse&UttakNr=33&person=28254 |website=nsd.no |title=Biografier. Andreas Melchior Seip Diesen |language=no |access-date=17 April 2021}}
References
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Category:Government ministers of Norway
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