Per Brandtzæg

Per Brandtzæg (9 June 1936 – 11 September 2016) was a Norwegian dentist.{{cite web |url=http://legeforeningen.no/Fagmed/Den-norske-patologforening/Nyheter/2016/Per-Brandtzag-er-dod/ |title=Per Brandtzæg er død. - Legeforeningen.no |website=legeforeningen.no |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160918002457/http://legeforeningen.no/Fagmed/Den-norske-patologforening/Nyheter/2016/Per-Brandtzag-er-dod/ |archive-date=2016-09-18}}

He was a professor of medicine at the University of Oslo. In November 2006 he was proclaimed Commander of the Order of St. Olav in recognition of his work.{{cite news|url=http://www.vg.no/nyheter/innenriks/artikkel.php?artid=148287|title=Vitenskapsmenn raser mot kommisjonen|last=Matre|first=Jostein|date=8 December 2006|work=VG|language=Norwegian|accessdate=12 December 2008}} He was a member of the Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters.{{cite web|url=http://www.dnva.no/c26848/artikkel/vis.html?tid=27630|title=Gruppe 7: Medisinske fag|publisher=Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters|language=Norwegian|accessdate=28 October 2009}}

He was also known to the general public as a proponent to retry the case of Fredrik Fasting Torgersen.

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Category:1936 births

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Category:Norwegian dentists

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