Andreas Leigh Aabel

Morten Andreas Leigh Aabel (10 February 1830 – 9 May 1901) was a Norwegian physician and poet.

His father, Peter Pavels Aabel (1795-1869), was the vicar and senior priest in Sogndal from 1824–1833.

He first worked as a district physician for western Finnmark, based in Hammerfest followed by private practice in Åsnes Municipality.

In 1864 he was appointed a district physician in Sunnfjord, and the family settled at Falkenstein in Førde Municipality.

[3][4] While studying he was a member of the Literary Association and the Norwegian Students' Society.